Edexcel S3 2017 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2017
SessionJune
TopicData representation
TypeDescribe or suggest sampling method

  1. A company director decides to survey staff about changes to the company calendar. The company has staff in 4 different job roles
72 managers, 108 drivers, 180 administrators and 360 warehouse staff.
The director decides to take a stratified sample.
  1. Write down one advantage of using a stratified sample rather than a simple random sample for this survey.
  2. Find the number of staff in each job role that will be included in a stratified sample of 40 staff.
  3. Describe how to choose managers for the stratified sample.