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.

(e) Instruct each MMH facility to survey 10 discharged patients this week and send in the results.

simple random sample

stratified sample     

systematic sample

cluster sample

convenience sample

Explanation / Answer

Correct option:

Convenience sample

EXPLANATION:

Convenience sample is a non-probability sampling technique where subjects are selected because of their convenient accessibility and proximity to the researcher.

Here, management just instructs each MMH facility to survey 10 discharged patients this week.

No statictical random sample selection rechnique is used here. It is a non-probability sampling techniqueand subjects are selected from the discharged patients this week.

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