alleryStart learning →Sampling with replacement is described as:
ANever actually random
BOnly used in surveys
CImpossible in practice
DTruly random sampling
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Truly random sampling
1. Replacing each member means every draw faces the identical population.
2. Sampling with replacement is truly random sampling.
3. Each member of a population that is replaced after being picked can be chosen more than once.
4. For practical reasons, in most populations simple random sampling without replacement is done instead.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 1 'Sampling and Data', sections 1.1-1.4_
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