SPS SPS SM Statistics 2026 January — Question 1

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS SM Statistics (SPS SM Statistics)
Year2026
SessionJanuary
TopicCombinations & Selection

1. A telephone directory contains 50000 names. A researcher wishes to select a systematic sample of 100 names from the directory.
  1. Explain in detail how the researcher should obtain such a sample.
  2. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of
    1. quota sampling,
    2. systematic sampling.