Sampling Techniques & Ways to Collect Data

What kind of sample technique is the following:

Selecting every 8th person in line for a water slide.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

• Sample

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Farmer Joe separates his farm into 10 regions.  He then randomly selected 5 trees from each region to estimate the number of apples produced on his apple tree farm.  This is _____________ sampling.  

• Cluster
• Systematic
• Stratified
• Simple

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A baker made a dozen donuts. He frosted one with maple frosting and the rest with chocolate frosting. Identify the Population.

• The maple donut

• The dozen donuts

• The chocolate donuts

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

The seniors at Kennedy High School are going to vote where the senior trip should be. The Teachers need 100 votes before they can make a final decision. Identify the population.

• Seniors at Kennedy High School

• Teachers at Kennedy High School

• 100 senior voters

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team.

• Biased

• Unbiased

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A company makes DVDs and randomly selects 25 from 1500 to test them to see if they work.

• Biased

• Unbiased

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Determine if the question is random or biased. Is basketball your favorite sport?

• biased question

• random question

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Determine if the question is random or biased. Do you eat the recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables?

• biased question

• random question

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

One group of subjects was given an herbal supplement and another group was given a placebo. After one year, the number of illnesses each group had was compared.

• Observational Study

• Experiment

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

You want to compare the health of students who walk to school to the health of students who ride the bus

• experiment

• observational study

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3