Sampling Methods

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Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning.

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systematic

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Assign each car in a dealership a number and then use a random-number table to select the cars to be inspected.

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simple random sample

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Political webpages often allow readers to rate (if they want to) whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the President's decision on any given situation. This is a form of:

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Volunteer Response

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What type of sampling is used when Marianne surveys the first 30 students who come into her class? Options: Convenience Sampling, Systematic Random Sampling, Simple Random Sampling, Volunteer response

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Convenience Sampling

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A teacher splits her classes up by period and randomly picks 3 students from each period to do a survey. What type of sampling is this?

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Stratified.

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A teacher wants to know how well her students are doing on a topic. She randomly picks one class to survey. What type of sampling is this?

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Cluster

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A ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.

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Sample

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A ___ is a large group that includes everything being studied.

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Population

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A teacher asks ALL of her students to write down their age, height (in inches), and what grade they are in. Which method of data collection is being used?

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Census

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An independent research company wants to go door to door to survey people in the city of Fontana. The company decides to number all blocks within the city limit, randomly choose 1 block and survey all households on that block. This is an example of:

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Cluster Random Sample