Critical Thinking Parker took a random sample of size 100 from the population of current season ticket holders to State College men’s basketball games. Then Parker took a random sample of size 100 from the population of current season ticket holders to State College women’s basketball games.

(a) What sampling technique (stratified, systematic, cluster, multistage, convenience, random) did Parker use to sample from the population of current season ticket holders to all State College basketball games played by either men or women?

(b) Is it appropriate to pool the samples and claim to have a random sample of size 200 from the population of current season ticket holders to all State College home basketball games played by either men or women? Explain.

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