Data Gathering Methods

A researcher wanted to study the effects of a motion sickness medicine. The primary researcher had a third independent party create 25 containers containing a placebo and 25 containers containing the actual medicine. The researcher then gave a medicine to 50 patients that suffer from motion sickness on a cruise ship. What method are they using to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

Researchers want to determine if there is a relationship between whether or not a woman smoked during pregnancy and the birth weight of her baby. Researchers examined records for the past five years at a large hospital. What method are they using to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

John conducts a study on the amount of grass seed needed to make his lawn lush and full. What method is he using to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A study to find out how many cigarettes a day smokers smoke. What method would work best to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Linda wanted to know if it is easier for students to memorize a list of common words than a list nonsense words. She gave all students one minute to memorize their lists. After the minute, she collected the lists and asked the students to write down all the words that they could remember. She recorded the number of correct words recalled. What method is she using to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Since teams 1 and 2 are to play a seven-game series, tossing a fair coin seven times would model a single playing of the series. What method would work best to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.7.SP.C.8C

You want to know the g-forces a person would experience during a fall from a 90-foot high bridge into a lake. What method would work best to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Among a group of disabled women who were tracked for several years, those who had a B₁₂ vitamin deficiency were twice as likely to suffer severe depression as those who did not. What method are they using to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

As your statistics project, you collect data by posting five questions on poster board around your classroom and recording how your classmates respond to them. What method are you using to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

The leg muscles of men aged 60 to 75 were 50% to 80% stronger after they participated in a 16‐week, high‐intensity resistance‐training program twice a week. What method are they using to gather this data?

• Experiment

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3