AP Statistics - Identifying Sampling Techniques

An NBC television news reporter gets a reaction to a breaking news story by polling people as they pass in front of his studio.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sample

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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The Sullivan County Commissioner of Jurors obtains a list of 42,763 car owners and constructs a pool of jurors by selecting every 100th name on the list.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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In a Gallop Poll of 1059 adults, the interview subjects were selected by using a computer to randomly generate telephone numbers that were then called.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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Motivated by a student who died from binge drinking, the College of Newport conducts a study of student drinking by randomly selecting 10 different classes and interviewing all of the students in each of those classes.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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An economist is studying the effect of education on salary and conducts a survey of 150 randomly selected workers from each of these categories: less than a high-school diploma, high-school diploma, more than a high-school diploma.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified random sampling

• Systematic sampling

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Chosen at random, 1819 patients who had outpatient surgery were sent a survey via U.S. mail and asked their opinion of the care they received.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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CNN is planning an exit poll in which 100 polling stations will be randomly selected and all voters will be interviewed as they leave the location.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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A statistics student obtains height/weight data by interviewing family members.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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Soybeans are planted on a 48-acre field. The field is divided into one-acre subplots. A sample of plants is taken from each subplot to estimate the harvest.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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For quality assurance, every twelfth engine part is selected from and assembly line and tested for durability.

• Cluster sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Systematic sampling

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