Psychology majors at the state college consist of 40 percent males and 60 percent females.The psychology department is conducting a survey of its majors and obtains a sample by randomly selecting a group of 20 males and a group of 30 females from the list of majors.What kind of sampling is used in this example?

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This is a proportionate stratified random sample because the sample is selected proportionally based on the percentages of males and females in the population.

Psychology Majors at the State College Consist of 40 Percent