Data Collection, Predictions, and Sample Surveys

If you wanted to determine if people who take vitamin C every day are less likely to get colds, what is the best method of data collection?

• Cencus

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

If you want to determine if students using a calculator on a math final exam score better than students who do not use a calculator, what is the best method of data collection?

• Cenus

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

If you wanted to estimate the number of students in your school who play video games more than 10 hours per week.

What is the best method of data collection?

• Census

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

What is the best data collection method to determine if not using car seat belts increases deaths in car accidents

• Census

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

If you wanted to determine if computer games are more effective than paper and pencil drills for children learning the multiplication tables, what is the best data collection method?

• Census

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

If you ask customers at a restaurant if pizza should be added to the menu, what kind of data collection is this?

• Census

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A random selection of people are called every morning for a week to determine if television shows are too violent. What type of data collection method is this?

• Census

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

When one examines the entire population instead of a subgroup of the population, this is called a ____________.

• Sampling
• Census
• Bias

You want to find out student opinions on the location for the prom. What should you use?

• A survey.

• An observational study.

• An experiment.

• A simulation

Students in a science class record the behavior of their class pet by looking at the pet's behavior.

What type of data collection method is this?

• Experiment

• Observational Study

• Survey

• Simulation