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afari File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help EMAL Apple Disney ESPN Yahoo! eble hub Google 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. (a) Obtain a list of patients discharged from all MMH facilities. Divide the patients according to length of hospital stay (2 days or less, 3-7 days, 8-14 days, more than 14 days). Draw simple random samples from each group. simple random sample stratified sample systematic sample cluster sample convenience sample (b) Obtain lists of patients discharged from all MMH facilities. Number these patients, and then use a random-number table to obtain the sample. simple random sample Ostratified sample O systematic sample cluster sample convenience sample and then include all the patients on the discharge lists of the selected hospitals. (e) Randomly select some MMH facilities from each of five geographic regions, simple random sample stratified sample 0 systematic sample cduster sample

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afari File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help EMAL Apple Disney ESPN Yahoo! eble hub Google 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. (a) Obtain a list of patients discharged from all MMH facilities. Divide the patients according to length of hospital stay (2 days or less, 3-7 days, 8-14 days, more than 14 days). Draw simple random samples from each group. simple random sample stratified sample systematic sample cluster sample convenience sample (b) Obtain lists of patients discharged from all MMH facilities. Number these patients, and then use a random-number table to obtain the sample. simple random sample Ostratified sample O systematic sample cluster sample convenience sample and then include all the patients on the discharge lists of the selected hospitals. (e) Randomly select some MMH facilities from each of five geographic regions, simple random sample stratified sample 0 systematic sample cduster sample