Sampling Techniques Quiz

What is the best sampling technique to use for determining the average speed of the cars on a section of highway?

• simple random sample

• convenience sample

• systematic sample

• voluntary sampling

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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

• asking students to volunteer

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A large corporation wants to find out which benefits plan its employees would prefer. Which procedure would be most likely to obtain a statistically unbiased sample?

• surveying a random sample of employees from a list of all employees

• inviting all employees to indicate their choices by e-mail

• placing suggestion boxes at random locations in the company’s plant and offices

• assembling a group with one member from each department and recording the preferences of these employees

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A college president wants to find out which courses students consider to be of the most benefit to them. Which procedure would be most likely to produce a statistically unbiased sample?

• asking students to mail in a questionnaire

• surveying a random sample of students taken from the list of all students

• surveying the first hundred students on an alphabetical list

• having students complete a questionnaire on the college web site.

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A pollster wants to find out if citizens are satisfied with the city council. Which procedure would be most appropriate for obtaining a statistically unbiased sample?

• interviewing people at a popular local shopping center

• surveying people whose names have been randomly chosen from the telephone book

• placing an advertisement in the local newspaper asking for mail-in responses

• mailing a questionnaire to people whose names have been chosen randomly from a list of customers of the municipal utility company

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The group of individuals who actually have a chance of being selected for a survey is called __________.

• population

• sample

• sampling frame

• census

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The set of all individuals who belong to the group being studied by a survey is called __________.

• population

• sample

• sampling frame

• census

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What sampling technique might be used by a television reporter interviewing stranded travelers at an airport during a snowstorm about the efficiency of air travel in Canada?

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Systematic sampling

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Which sampling technique was likely used by a soap company distributing free samples of a new laundry detergent to all households in several randomly selected neighborhoods?

• Cluster sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Quota sampling

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For a school newspaper survey to determine which presidential candidate is supported by the majority of students, what would be the best sampling method?

• Convenience sampling

• Voluntary response sampling

• Simple random sampling

• Systematic sampling

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