Statistics- Sampling Methods

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

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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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

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.MD.B.6

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

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.

She selects the five closest to her desk.

• simple random

• Self Selected.

• Convenience

• Systematic Random

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.

She picks the student in every 5th seat.

• Simple Random

• Systematic

• voluntary response

• convenience

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A ___ is a large group that includes everything being studied.

• Sample
• Stratified Sampling Method
• Population
• Voluntary-Response

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

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State the type of sample.

A radio station asks its listeners to call in their opinion regarding the use of American forces in peacekeeping missions.

• Voluntary Response Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

• Stratified Random Sample

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A political polling group is interested in learning about the proportion of registered voters who favor a particular candidate for mayor. Which of the following sampling plans may have introduced bias?

• Individuals were selected randomly to participate from a list of registered voters.

• Every 50^th person on a list of registered voters was contacted and asked to identify who they would vote for in the upcoming election.

• A list of registered voters was first separated into two lists—one of males and one of females. Then individuals were selected at random from each of the two lists.

• A survey was mailed to all registered voters and those who returned the survey make up the sample

• None of the above sampling plans creates the potential for bias.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3