Quiz about AP STAT Chapter 4.1 Quiz Review

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

systematic

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simple random

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voluntary response

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convenience

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

simple random sample

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systematic

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convenience

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Self - selected (volunteer)

Question 3

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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Voluntary Response

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Convenience Sampling

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Simple Random Sampling

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Systematic Random Sampling

Question 4

Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She survey's the first 30 students who come into her class.

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Convenience Sampling

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Systematic Random Sampling

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Simple Random Sampling

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Volunteer response

Question 5

Disneyland often surveys its guests as they exit a restaurant during their visit. The surveyor stands at the restaurant exit, counts the number of people leaving, and surveys every 25th guest.
This is a form of:

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Systematic Random Sampling

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Simple Random Sample

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Stratified Random Sample

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Voluntary Response

Question 6

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.

She selects the first five who raise their hands.

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Self Selected

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Systematic

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Convenience

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Simple Random

Question 7

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.

She selects the five closest to her desk.

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Convenience

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simple random

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Self Selected.

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Systematic Random

Question 8

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.

She picks the student in every 5th seat.

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Systematic

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Simple Random

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voluntary response

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convenience

Question 9

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

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Simple Random Sample

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Stratified Random Sample

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Systematic Random Sampling

Question 10

A teacher hands out an index card and asks ALL of her students to write down the following information: age, height (in inches), and what grade they are in.

Which of the following best describes her method of data collection?

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Census

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Simple Random Sample

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Cluster Random Sample

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Stratified Random Sample

Question 11

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

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Population

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Sample

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Stratified Sampling Method

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Voluntary-Response

Question 12

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

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Sample

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Systematic Sampling Method

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Population

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Bias

Question 13

A teacher wants to know how well her students are doing on a topic. She randomly picks one class to survey.

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Cluster

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Simple Random

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Stratified

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Systematic

Question 14

A teacher splits her classes up by period. She then randomly picks 3 students from each period to do a survey.

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Stratified.

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Systematic

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Cluster

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Biased.

Question 15

A beverage company wanted to see if people in the United States liked their new logo.
Which choice best represents a population?

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Every person in the United States.

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A selection of logo artists.

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A selection of shoppers from different shoppers from different states.

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3,800 children age 5-15

Question 16

A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned.
Which choice best represents the population?

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All of the website visitors.

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Visitors to the 3DS section.

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Visitors to the PS4 section.

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Visitors who are on the website for more than 5 minutes.

Question 17

A toy store owner is tracking how much kids spend each month on toys.
Which choice best represents a population?

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All of the kids who buy toys.

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227 rich kids.

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228 boys age 7-15.

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235 kids from age 10 to 15.

Question 18

The set of ALL observations made on all objects under study for a given characteristic or variable.

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Population

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Sample

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Survey

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Parameter

Question 19

The process of collecting information/data from the sample.

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Survey

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Census

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Interview

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Questionnaire

Question 20

A numerical characteristic of the POPULATION

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Parameter

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Statistic

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Observation

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Study

Question 21

A quantity calculated from the observations in a SAMPLE.

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Statistic

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Parameter

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Study

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Observation

Question 22

Sampling method that consists of n individuals from the population chosen in such a way that every individual has an EQUAL chance of being selected.

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Simple Random Sampling (SRS)

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Stratified Sampling

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Cluster Sampling

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Systematic Sampling

Question 23

Source of bias in which people CHOOSE to respond and usually only people with very strong opinions respond

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Voluntary Response

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Response Bias

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Undercoverage

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Convenience Sampling

Question 24

Source of bias in which some groups of populations are LEFT OUT of the selection process

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Undercoverage

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Response Bias

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Convenience Sampling

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Voluntary Response

Question 25

Source of bias that occurs when an individual chosen for the sample CAN'T be contacted or refuses to cooperate.

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Nonresponse

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Response Bias

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Undercoverage

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Voluntary Response

Question 26

Source of bias that occurs when you ask people who are EASY to ask

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Convenience Sampling

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Response Bias

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Nonresponse

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Voluntary Response

Question 27

Why do we randomly select our samples?

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reduce bias

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to control every aspect

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so we don't get the same answers from everyone

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because it is easier to do

Question 28

Darrien surveys 60 of the actors theater class. He concludes that 8 out of 15 actors have previous acting experience. What is the sample size?

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60

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8

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15

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53

Question 29

In order to use samples to estimate something from the population, the sample should be _________________ the population.

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representative of

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exactly the same as

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nothing like

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larger than

Question 30

Marcos wants to find out how many students at his school like to go to the movies. Which survey method is most likely to produce a representative survey?

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Ask the 25 students in his homeroom class.

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Ask the boys in the boys locker room.

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Ask students coming out of a movie theater.

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Ask half of the 34 students on the soccer team.

Question 31

You should avoid using double-barrelled questions in a survey because:

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They confuse respondents by asking about two different things

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They rely too much on a respondent's memory

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They make the questions too long, so respondents lose interest

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They are too abstract and general in scope

Question 32

Leading questions should be avoided because:

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They suggest ways of answering and so may bias the results

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They create a mismatch between the question and its possible answers

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They involve negative terms and unnecessary jargon

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They ask about several different things at the same time

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