Modern Managed Hospitals (MMH) is a national for-profit chain of hospitals. Mana

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Modern Managed Hospitals (MMH) is a national for-profit chain of hospitals. Management wants to survey patients discharged this past year to obtain patient satisfaction profiles. They wish to use a sample of such patients. Several sampling techniques are described below. Categorize each technique as simple random sample, stratified sample, systematic sample, cluster sample, or convenience sample.

(d) At the beginning of the year, instruct each MMH facility to survey every 500th patient discharged.

simple random sample

stratified sample     

systematic sample

cluster sample

convenience sample

Explanation / Answer

In systematic sampling we find a random starting point and from there we keep selecting samples at fixed intervals. This is the same case as we are picking a sample after every 500 patients. Hence the correct option in this case is

Systematic Sample

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