Suppose You Want to Study Registered Nurses; You Are Particularly

Essay

Suppose you want to study registered nurses; you are particularly interested in comparing the careers and earning of men and women in this profession. You realize that female nurses outnumber male nurses by a ratio of about 9 to 1. You also discover a national registry of nurses contains a publicly accessible list of all nurses in the U.S. Suppose you have enough funds to draw a sample of 500 for a mail questionnaire survey.
a. What would be a good sampling frame for this study?
b. Would you choose to use multistage cluster sampling? Briefly explain.
c. Why would it be advisable to draw a stratified random sample rather than a simple random sample for your study?
d. Suppose you decide to draw a stratified random sample. What information must you have about each respondent in order to draw a stratified random sample?
e. Would it be best to use proportionate stratified random sampling or disproportionate stratified random sampling? Briefly explain.