Day: May 18, 2026

Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 18 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 0% of the items in a population
  4. Testing items 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 4

  1. Not correct
  2. Not correct
  3. Not correct
  4. 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.

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