Quiz about Sampling Methods Quiz

Question 1

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?

The population is divided into groups of similar individuals. Random samples are taken from each group and then combined to form the overall sample.

Accepted Answer

Stratified

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SRS

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Cluster

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Systematic

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Convenience

Question 2

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

The population is divided into subsets located near each other. A random sample is taken of subsets and all individuals in the selected subsets are sampled.

Accepted Answer

Cluster

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SRS

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Stratified

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Systematic

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Convenience

Question 3

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

A sample is chosen in such a way that every individual in the population and every subset of size n in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

Accepted Answer

SRS

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Stratified

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Cluster

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Systematic

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Convenience

Question 4

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

To sample the average number of pages for the books in the school library, the librarian randomly selects 100 books from each book type: fiction, biography, history, and scientific.

Accepted Answer

Stratified

Answer

SRS

Answer

Cluster

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Systematic

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Convenience

Question 5

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

To sample the number of pages for books in the school library, a librarian numbers the shelves in the library and randomly selects a few shelves of books and samples all books on those shelves.

Accepted Answer

Cluster

Answer

SRS

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Stratified

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Systematic

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Convenience

Question 6

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?

A member of congress reports that 871 of 1128 letters received by her office oppose the legislation.

Accepted Answer

Voluntary Response

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SRS

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Cluster

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Systematic

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Convenience

Question 7

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

A lumber company samples the proportion of trees in a large forest that are ready to be cut down by using a aerial map to divide the forest in 200 equal-sized rectangles and sampling all the trees in 20 randomly selected rectangles.

Accepted Answer

Cluster

Answer

SRS

Answer

Stratified

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Systematic

Answer

Convenience

Question 8

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

To sample the proportion of South students who use Twitter, every 30th student who enters the school building is surveyed.

Accepted Answer

Systematic

Answer

SRS

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Stratified

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Cluster

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Convenience

Question 9

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

To sample students to use a new computer program, students rolled a die as they entered the classroom and those rolling a '5' were assigned to the new program.

Accepted Answer

SRS

Answer

Stratified

Answer

Cluster

Answer

Systematic

Answer

Convenience

Question 10

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

A marketing company offers a $10 off coupon for anyone who will complete their online survey.

Accepted Answer

Voluntary Response

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SRS

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Cluster

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Systematic

Answer

Convenience

Question 11

Q. Identify the problem (if any) with this sampling method.

To survey how many hours of sleep a typical student gets on a school night, a student questioned the first 100 students arriving to school on a Wednesday morning.

Accepted Answer

Biased Convenience Sample: Underestimates average sleep time.

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Biased Voluntary Response Sample: Underestimates average sleep time.

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Biased Voluntary Response Sample: Overestimates average sleep time.

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Biased Convenience Sample: Overestimates average sleep time.

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This sample results should be a good estimate for the population of all students average sleep time.

Question 12

Q. Identify the problem (if any) with this sampling method.

To survey the number of hours per weeks students at South spend studying, students are divided into 4th hour classes and all students in two classes are surveyed. The two classes were AP English 3 and Calculus.

Accepted Answer

Biased, good method but sample is to small: Overestimates average study time.

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Biased, poor sampling method: Underestimates average study time.

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Biased, good method but sample is to small: Underestimates average study time.

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Biased, poor sampling method: Overestimates average study time.

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Since this sampling method is good, the results provide a good estimate for the population of all students average study time.

Sampling Methods Quiz

12 questions

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?
The population is divided into groups of similar individuals. Random samples are taken from each group and then combined to form the overall sample.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
The population is divided into subsets located near each other. A random sample is taken of subsets and all individuals in the selected subsets are sampled.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
A sample is chosen in such a way that every individual in the population and every subset of size n in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
To sample the average number of pages for the books in the school library, the librarian randomly selects 100 books from each book type: fiction, biography, history, and scientific.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
To sample the number of pages for books in the school library, a librarian numbers the shelves in the library and randomly selects a few shelves of books and samples all books on those shelves.

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?
A member of congress reports that 871 of 1128 letters received by her office oppose the legislation.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
A lumber company samples the proportion of trees in a large forest that are ready to be cut down by using a aerial map to divide the forest in 200 equal-sized rectangles and sampling all the trees in 20 randomly selected rectangles.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
To sample the proportion of South students who use Twitter, every 30th student who enters the school building is surveyed.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
To sample students to use a new computer program, students rolled a die as they entered the classroom and those rolling a '5' were assigned to the new program.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
A marketing company offers a $10 off coupon for anyone who will complete their online survey.

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Sampling Methods Quiz

12 questions

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?The population is divided into groups of similar individuals. Random samples are taken from each group and then combined to form the overall sample.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?The population is divided into subsets located near each other. A random sample is taken of subsets and all individuals in the selected subsets are sampled.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?A sample is chosen in such a way that every individual in the population and every subset of size n in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?To sample the average number of pages for the books in the school library, the librarian randomly selects 100 books from each book type: fiction, biography, history, and scientific.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?To sample the number of pages for books in the school library, a librarian numbers the shelves in the library and randomly selects a few shelves of books and samples all books on those shelves.

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?A member of congress reports that 871 of 1128 letters received by her office oppose the legislation.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?A lumber company samples the proportion of trees in a large forest that are ready to be cut down by using a aerial map to divide the forest in 200 equal-sized rectangles and sampling all the trees in 20 randomly selected rectangles.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?To sample the proportion of South students who use Twitter, every 30th student who enters the school building is surveyed.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?To sample students to use a new computer program, students rolled a die as they entered the classroom and those rolling a '5' were assigned to the new program.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?A marketing company offers a $10 off coupon for anyone who will complete their online survey.

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Q. Which Sampling Method is This?
The population is divided into groups of similar individuals. Random samples are taken from each group and then combined to form the overall sample.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
The population is divided into subsets located near each other. A random sample is taken of subsets and all individuals in the selected subsets are sampled.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
A sample is chosen in such a way that every individual in the population and every subset of size n in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
To sample the average number of pages for the books in the school library, the librarian randomly selects 100 books from each book type: fiction, biography, history, and scientific.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
To sample the number of pages for books in the school library, a librarian numbers the shelves in the library and randomly selects a few shelves of books and samples all books on those shelves.

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?
A member of congress reports that 871 of 1128 letters received by her office oppose the legislation.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
A lumber company samples the proportion of trees in a large forest that are ready to be cut down by using a aerial map to divide the forest in 200 equal-sized rectangles and sampling all the trees in 20 randomly selected rectangles.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
To sample the proportion of South students who use Twitter, every 30th student who enters the school building is surveyed.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
To sample students to use a new computer program, students rolled a die as they entered the classroom and those rolling a '5' were assigned to the new program.

Q. What Sampling Method is This?
A marketing company offers a $10 off coupon for anyone who will complete their online survey.