Suppose I decide to divide students up in their respective m

Suppose I decide to divide students up in their respective majors in the college of business. I then ask 40 students from each major what their GPA is. This is an example of what type of sampling method?

Solution

This is a STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING, in which a population is divided into multiple groups (strata), and then a sample is taken from each stratum.

[answer: STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING]