OCR PURE — Question 9

Exam BoardOCR
ModulePURE
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeDescribing sampling methods

9 Jo is investigating the popularity of a certain band amongst students at her school. She decides to survey a sample of 100 students.
  1. State an advantage of using a stratified sample rather than a simple random sample.
  2. Explain whether it would be reasonable for Jo to use her results to draw conclusions about all students in the UK.