HS Statistics Sampling Methods and Experimental Design

Mrs. Horn samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?

• Simple

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Cluster

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Ms. Nichol samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom. This sampling technique is called?

• Simple

• Stratified

• Systematic

• Cluster

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

To find out what the preferred ice cream flavor is, wait outside an ice cream parlor and ask every 4th person leaving the store to name his or her favorite flavor until you get 25 responses is an example of...

• Convenience Sample
• Simple Random Sample
• Stratified Random Sample
• Systematic Sample

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

To study the amount of time students spend doing homework each day, use a random number generator to select 25 students from the student enrollment database to survey.

• Convenience Sample
• Simple Random Sample
• Stratified Random Sample
• Interval Sample

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.MD.B.6

True or False: all samples lead to a good prediction about an entire population.

• True
• False

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Sra. Garces wants to find the average height of all her students in her classes. She decides to use the first 5 people who walk in the door. Is this a good representative sample?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What type of sampling is this? Soybeans are planted on a 48-acre field. The field is divided into one acre subplots. A sample of plants is taken from each subplot to estimate the harvest.

• Random sample

• Convenience sample

• Stratified Random sample

• Census

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

What type of sampling?  A student asks 12 friends to participate in a psychology experiment. 

• Random sample
• Convenience sample
• Stratified Random sample
• Census

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What type of sampling is this? A journalist interviews all 86 people after they leave a restaurant and asks them how confident they are that the food is safe.

• Random sample

• Convenience sample

• Stratified Random sample

• Census

An Advanced Algebra teacher gives out a study guide before the test. The teacher lists the students who completed their study guide and compares their scores to the remaining Advanced Algebra students’ scores.

• Observational Study

• Experimental Study

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2