Assignment 5/16: Unit #5 Practice - Sampling & Experimentation

Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning.

• simple random

• voluntary response

• systematic

• convenience

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

• systematic

• simple random sample

• convenience

• Self - selected (volunteer)

Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She survey's the first 30 students who come into her class.

• Convenience Sampling

• Systematic Random Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Volunteer response

Disneyland often surveys its guests as they exit a restaurant during their visit. The surveyor stands at the restaurant exit, counts the number of people leaving, and surveys every 25th guest.
This is a form of:

• Simple Random Sample
• Stratified Random Sample
• Voluntary Response
• Systematic Random Sampling

An independent research company wants to go door to door to survey people in the city of Fontana. The company decides to number all blocks within the city limit, randomly choose 1 block and survey all households on that block.

This is an example of:

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Random Sample

• Cluster Random Sample

• Systematic Random Sampling

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

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

A ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.

• Systematic Sampling Method
• Sample
• Population
• Bias

A teacher splits her classes up by period. She then randomly picks 3 students from each period to do a survey.

• Stratified.

• Systematic

• Cluster

• Biased.

Political webpages often allow readers to rate (if they want to) whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the President's decision on any given situation. This is a form of:

• Volunteer Response

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Systematic Random Sampling

A teacher wants to know how well her students are doing on a topic. She randomly picks one class to survey.

• Simple Random

• Cluster

• Stratified

• Systematic