Sampling Methods

Sporting Illustrated collects data on its readers by asking them to fill out and send in a survey from the June issue.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

A farmer subdivides his apple orchard into 50 subsections and selects the five subsections closest to his barn to sample all the trees.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A group of lobbyists has a list of 100 senators. They decide to talk to every 7th senator on the list about their position on farm subsidies.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

A teacher puts all her students' names in hat, then selects 3 names from the hat. These students will take a standardized test.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.MD.B.6

The president of a college randomly selects 2 students from each department to serve on a student advisory board.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

You observe the color of every third car in a parking lot.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

You randomly select 5 math teachers, 5 English teachers and 5 kinesiology teachers to interview for the school newspaper.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Survey 10 students from every classroom in a building on campus.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

If you survey every third house on a street, what type of sampling technique are you using?

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

If you choose 5 bingo balls from a basket of 50 balls, what sampling technique are you using?

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4