Sampling Methods

Which sampling method is this?

To sample one case of individual cartons of goldfish crackers, 6 individual cartons are randomly chosen and all the crackers in those boxes are checked for smile or no smile.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Cluster

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Which sampling method is this?

To sample Olathe South High School students, each classroom number was put into a hat and students drew three rooms and surveyed every student in those classes.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Cluster

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Which sampling method is this?

To sample which wrist is on the top when a person crosses their arms naturally, Instagram users were asked to fold their arms and respond by identifying which wrist was on top.

• convenience

• voluntary response

• SRS

• systematic

Which sampling method is this?

To sample Kansas Citians and find what percentage watched the Chiefs game last weekend, an advertisement is placed in the Kansas City Star with a hyperlink for people to a survey.

• convenience

• voluntary response

• SRS

• systematic

Which sampling method is this?

To sample 10% of the crowd at Royals Stadium, fans were asked to look at their ticket. Tickets with serial numbers ending in “4” were asked to complete a survey.

• convenience

• voluntary response

• SRS

• systematic

Which sampling method is this?

To sample opinions of the jury duty system in Johnson County, citizens of the county whose phone number ended in the digits “572” were called.

• stratified

• voluntary response

• SRS

• systematic

Which sampling method is this?

To sample youth, young adults and senior adults equally at church, 5% of each group was randomly chosen by drawing names from 3 separate hats.

• stratified

• voluntary response

• SRS

• systematic

Which sampling method is this?

To sample all orchestra students in the Olathe school district, the names of all participants are categorized by the instrument they play then 5 names are randomly selected from each group.

• stratified

• convenience

• SRS

• systematic

Which sampling method is this?

To sample the students at Olathe South, students were listed in order of ID number and every 20th student was surveyed.

• stratified

• convenience

• SRS

• systematic

Which sampling method is this?

To sample alumni a college lists all graduates alphabetically then chooses the 12th name on the list and every 30th name thereafter.

• stratified

• voluntary response

• SRS

• systematic