11.2 Data Gathering

Which method is most likely to produce a random sample of the members of your class? 

• listing the first six students that come to mind 
• choosing the five oldest students in the class
• writing the name of each student on a separate piece of paper and then drawing these slips from a hat 
• selecting the first six students to arrive at class 

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Ms. Evans samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list.  Which type of sampling method is this?

• Simple
• Systematic
• Stratified
• Cluster

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Ms. Reynolds samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom.  This sampling technique is called?

• Simple
• Stratified
• Systematic
• Cluster

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Farmer Joe randomly picks 100 trees using a random number generator to estimate the number of apples produced by his apple trees.  This is ______________ sampling.

• Simple
• Stratified
• Cluster
• Systematic

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Example 2: A survey of a city's residents is conducted by asking 20 people at a grocery store whether the city should impose a beverage tax.

• Self-Selected

• Convenience

• Simple Random (SRS)

• Stratified Random

• Systematic

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A survey company was trying to see if people in a state thought the pollution was too high. Which choice BEST represents the population to be surveyed?

• A selection of people from each neighborhood in the state.

• A selection of people who live in small towns.

• Every person in the state.

• A selection of people who live in dirty neighborhoods.

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A school principal wants to see which subject the 695 students in his school liked best. Which choice BEST represents a representative sample?

• The girls in the school.

• 1 classroom for each grade

• All the students in the school.

• The students making a B in math.

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