Sampling Methods

A survey for a high school with 800 students is done by dividing the student population by grade level and randomly selecting 50 students from each grade level for a sample of 200 students.

This type of sampling is:

• simple random sampling

• systematic sampling

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

• convenience sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A survey for a high school with 800 students is done by dividing the student population by grade level and selecting all 200 students from the 12th grade.

This type of sampling is:

• simple random sampling

• systematic sampling

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

• convenience sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A survey of a high school with 800 students is done by assigning all students a unique label from 001 to 800 and selecting every 4th number for a sample of 200 students.

This type of sampling is:

• simple random sampling

• systematic sampling

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

• convenience sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A survey for a high school with 800 students is done by assigning a unique label from 001 to 800 for each student and then using a table of random numbers to select 3 random digits at a time until 200 unique labels have been selected. Repeat 3-digit numbers are thrown out as are the numbers 000 and 801-999 since they are not in the range of the labels.

This type of sampling is:

• simple random sampling

• systematic sampling

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

• convenience sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A survey for a high school with 800 students is done by selecting the first 200 students to use the front entrance of the school on a particular school day.

This type of sampling is:

• simple random sampling

• systematic sampling

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

• convenience sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3