Sampling methods/Collecting data

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

• Simple Random Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Convenience Sampling
• Systematic Sampling

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys, so she randomly selects five students from the class to survey, paying no attention to their gender.
This is a form of:

• Cluster Sampling
• Systematic Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Simple Random Sampling

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Political webpages often allow their readers to rate whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the President's decision on any given issue. This is a form of:

• Convenience Sampling
• Systematic Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Cluster Sampling

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

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:

• Self-Selected

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Systematic Random Sampling

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• simple random

• voluntary response

• systematic

• convenience

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RI.K.7

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

• Convenience Sampling

• Systematic Random Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Volunteer response

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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.

• simple random

• Self Selected.

• Convenience

• Systematic Random

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A Parks Department employee wants to know if latex paint is more durable than non-latex paint. She has 50 park benches painted with latex paint and has 50 park benches painted with non-latex paint.

• Experimental study

• Observational study

A researcher asks college students how many hours of sleep they got on an average night and examines whether the number of hours of sleep affects the students’ grades

• Experimental study

• Observational study

A study is conducted to investigate the relationship between owning pets and happiness. 100 subjects are randomly selected and data on whether or not a pet is owned and a happiness score (1‐10, 10 being extremely happy) are obtained.

• Observational Study

• Experimental study