Day: May 17, 2026

Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 17 May 2026

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Which ONE of the following constitute proper statistical sampling?

Select ONE answer:

  1. Testing 100% of the items in a population
  2. Testing all items with a certain characteristic
  3. Testing less than 100% of the items in a population
  4. Testing items NOT selected randomly from the population

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 3

  1. Not correct
  2. Not correct
  3. Correct – Testing 100% of items in a population and testing all items with a certain characteristic are not sampling, as in the former case, the whole population is tested, and in the latter case, the sample is not representative of the whole population.
  4. Not correct

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