OCR S2 Specimen — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicData representation
TypeCritique given sampling method

2 A certain neighbourhood contains many small houses (with small gardens) and a few large houses (with large gardens). A sample survey of all houses is to be carried out in this neighbourhood. A student suggests that the sample could be selected by sticking a pin into a map of the neighbourhood the requisite number of times, while blindfolded.
  1. Give two reasons why this method does not produce a random sample.
  2. Describe a better method.