Prob-Stat - Ch 1- Period 1

100 customers at a grocery store sampled a new food product and gave their opinion about the quality of the product. The grocery store has about 2000 customers per day. 

• sampling 
• experiment 
• simulation
• census 

A computer was used to simulate two different assembly processes for car stereos to see which process produced more stereos per hour.

• sampling 
• experiment 
• simulation
• census 

Choose every tenth person who comes into the mall at the food court entrance.

• cluster
• convenience
• random
• systematic

All the owners in a subdivision were polled to determine their level of satisfaction with the exterior maintenance service

• sampling 
• experiment 
• simulation
• census 

To determine the monthly rental prices of apartments, classify the apartment units according to the number of bedrooms and then take a random sample from each of the classes.

• cluster
• convenience
• stratified
• systematic

Look in the newspaper and choose the first apartments you find that list rents.

• cluster
• convenience
• stratified
• systematic

Select a random sample of area codes in the Chicago area and then survey all registered voters in the selected area codes.

• cluster
• convenience
• stratified
• systematic

Manufacturer of TVs

• qualitative
• quantitative

Cost of new TV

• qualitative
• quantitative

Type (plasma, LCD, flat screen, etc.)

• qualitative
• quantitative