Types of Data Collection

A researcher randomly assigned students to two groups. One group was assigned to watch a violent television program while the other group watched a nonviolent program. The student's behavior was then recorded for incidences of aggressive behavior. Which research method is most appropriate?

• Experimental

• Census

• Sample Survey

• Observational Study

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Jane Goodall lived among wild chimpanzees intermittently for decades, studying their social and family systems while keeping her interaction with the chimpanzees to a minimum. Which research method is most appropriate?

• Biased Study

• Census

• Experiment

• Observational Study

State whether the situation represents an experimental study or an observational study.

Suppose you are trying to determine if tutoring is being used effectively at Tri-C. You look at the academic records of 1000 students and compare that to the tutoring center login records.

• Observational Study

• Experimental Study

The CEO of a company wants to know if her employees are satistfied with their work environment. He emails a questionnaire to each one of them, asking for their opinions.

• Nonrandomized census

• Observational Study

• Randomized sample survey

• Nonrandomized sample survey

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A large high school wants to know the proportion of students who currently arrive to school on time. Academy administrators asked 200 random students about their arrival times.

What type of study is this?

• Sample Survey

• Experimental Study

• Census

• Observational Study

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Dr. Larson was interested in whether classical music helps students perform better on a test. Dr. Larson randomly assigned half of the study's participants to a group that listened to classical music while taking a test. The other half of the participants did not listen to music while taking a test. Which research method is most appropriate?

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

• Census

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Ghala wanted to know what the most popular book was in the whole school, so she asked everybody in 11th grade what their favorite book was. Which research method is most appropriate?

• Sample Survey

• Census

• Experiment

• Observational Study

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Ghala wanted to know what the most popular book was in the whole school, so she asked everybody in 11th grade what their favorite book was. Who is Ghala's sample?

• The entire school

• People who read books

• The 11th grade

A large high school wants to know the proportion of students who currently arrive to school on time. Academy Administrators asked 𝟐𝟎𝟎 random students about their arrival times. Who is the sample in this study?

• The entire high school

• Students who arrive on time

• Students who arrive late

• 200 students who were questioned

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A pastor at a large church wants to know how the members of his church would like to serve the community. He randomly surveys 100 members. Who is the population in this study?

• The 100 members who took the survey

• All church members

• People who want to serve the community

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1