QUIZ Data Gathering (Sampling, Bias, Studies)

A school uses a roll to count the number of students absent each day.

Does this represent a census or survey?

• census

• survey

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

The television ratings, in which 2000 families complete a questionnaire on the programs they watch over a one-week period.

Does this represent a census or survey?

• census

• survey

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A psychologist designed a study to test the effects of cell phone use on driving safety. Participants were randomly assigned either to drive an automobile simulator while talking to a friend on a cell phone or to drive a simulator without talking on a phone.

Which type of research does the scenario describe?

• Experiment

• Observation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

To test the effects of breakfast on grades I ask my students if they ate breakfast and then compare the breakfast eaters grades to the non-breakfast eaters.

This is an example of:

• Observational study

• Experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Mrs. Trahan 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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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Farmer Joe separates his apple tree farm into 10 regions.  He counts the number of apples produced in just one of the regions and uses that estimate to predict the number of apples produced on the whole farm.  This is _______ sampling.

• Simple
• Cluster
• Stratified
• Systematic

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

If every individual in a population has the same chance of being included in a sample, the sample is a(n) _________ sample.

• Biased Sample
• Convenience Sample
• Random Sample
• Stratified Sample

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

The school librarian wants to determine how many students use the library on a regular basis.  What type of sampling method would she use if she chose to randomly select 20 students in the cafeteria during each of the three lunch periods on Monday.

• Convenience Sample
• Simple Random Sample
• Stratified Random Sample
• Interval Sample

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Bob asks 10 of his friends to determine what percentage of students participate in sports.

• simple sample

• systemic sample

• voluntary sample

• convenience sample

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Q. “Some cell phone users have developed brain cancer. Should all cell phones come with a warning label explaining the danger of using cell phones?”

What kind of bias is evident in this survey question?

• Undercoverage Bias

• Nonresponse Bias

• Response Bias

• Voluntary Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3