Kristen Ashford purchased the subscribers list for Wind Surfing magazine. She plans to survey a sample of the subscribers before using the list in her mail order business. She randomly selects the fourth name as a starting point and then selects every 50th subsequent name (54, 104, 154, etc.). Her sample is a _________. a) simple random sample b) stratified sample c) systematic sample d) convenience sample e) cluster sample36. (A) Kristen Ashford purchased the subscribers list for Wind Surfing magazine. She plans to survey a sample of the subscribers before using the list in her mail order business. The names are numbered consecutively from 1 to 5,000. Kristen chooses her sample by selecting four-digit numbers (1 to 5,000) from a random number table. Her sample is a _________. a) simple random sample b) stratified sample c) systematic sample d) convenience sample e) cluster sample37. (C) Pinky Bauer, Chief Financial Officer of Harrison Haulers, Inc., suspects irregularities in the payroll system. She knows that 2,500 payroll vouchers have been issued since January 1, 2000, and her staff doesn't have time to inspect each voucher. So, she orders her staff to inspect the last 200 vouchers. Her sample is a ___________. a) stratified sample b) simple random sample c) convenience sample d) systematic sample e) cluster sample38. (E) Pinky Bauer, Chief Financial Officer of Harrison Haulers, Inc., suspects irregularities in the payroll system. She knows that 2,500 payroll vouchers have been issued since January 1, 2000, and her staff doesn't have time to inspect each voucher. So, she randomly selects 53 as a starting point and orders her staff to inspect the 53rd voucher and each voucher at an increment of 100 (53, 153, 253, etc.). Her sample is a ___________. a) stratified sample b) simple random sample c) convenience sample d) cluster sample e) systematic sample39. (B) Financial analyst Larry Potts needs a sample of 100 securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In the current issue of the Wall Street Journal, 2,531 securities are listed in the "New York Exchange Composite Transactions," an alphabetical listing of all securities traded on the previous business day. Larry uses a table of random numbers to select 100 numbers between 1 and 2,531. His sample is a ____________. a) quota sample b) simple random sample c) systematic sample d) stratified sample e) cluster sample40. (D) Financial analyst Larry Potts needs a sample of 100 securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In the current issue of the Wall Street Journal, 2,531 securities are listed in the "New York Exchange Composite Transactions," an alphabetical listing of all securities traded on the previous business day. Larry randomly selects the 7th security as a starting point, and selects every 25th security thereafter (7, 32, 57, etc.). His sample is a ____________. a) quota sample b) simple random sample c) stratified sample d) systematic sample e) cluster sample41. (A)On Saturdays, cars arrive at David Zebda's Scrub and Shine Car Wash at the rate of 80 cars per hour during the ten-hour shift. David wants a sample of 40 Saturday customers to answer the long version of his quality service questionnaire. He instructs the Saturday crew to select the first 40 customers. His sample is a __________. a) convenience sample b) simple random sample c) systematic sample d) stratified sample e) cluster sample