Sampling Methods

What sampling method are you using if you survey every 5th person who enters the room.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Simple Random

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What sampling method are you using if you survey the students in the school whose names are picked out of a hat?

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Simple Random

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

You assign the students in your class a number and choose 6 numbers from a basket. What sampling method are you using?

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Simple Random

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Part of the population you wish to study is called...

• Inference

• Sample

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A group of individuals or objects that you want to study is called....

• Population

• Sample

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

If your sample is not representative of the population, it is called a...

• Inference

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Sherri wants to know how the 1,090 students at her school feel about after-school art programs. She needs to select a sample that is representative of the school to conduct a survey. Which of these samples is most likely to represent the population?

• 50 students in the spring musical

• Every 10th student that walks into school until you reach 50 students

• 50 students who are studying art

• 50 students at a school football game

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Which of the following methods will result in a random sample?

• Paolo assigns a number to each student at school. He writes the numbers on slips of paper, randomly chooses 20 numbers, and surveys those students.

• Paolo puts up a sign that asks students to voluntarily record the number of pets they have. He takes the first 20 students.

• Paolo randomly surveys one boy and one girl at each lunch table during school lunch until he has surveyed 20 people.

• Paolo asks 20 out of 40 teachers at the school to randomly choose one student for the survey.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Assign each car in a dealership a number and then use a random-number table to select the cars to be inspected. 

• systematic
• random sample
• convenience
• volunteer response

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Interview the first 30 students who enter the school in the morning. 

• simple random
• voluntary response
• systematic
• convenience

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3