Question

since 15 percent of a university is comprised of asian - american students, a sample for a study was chosen in such a way that it, too, consisted of 15 percent asian americans. this kind of sample would be an example of a

random sample

stratified sample

static sample

crowd sample

Explanation:

In stratified sampling, the population is divided into subgroups (strata) and samples are taken from each stratum in proportion to their representation in the population. Here, the university population is divided by ethnicity and the sample has the same proportion of Asian - American students as in the university population.

Answer:

B. stratified sample