Sampling Methods Vocab

Sporting Illustrated collects data on its readers by asking them to fill out and send in a survey from the June issue.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A farmer subdivides his apple orchard into 50 subsections and selects the five subsections closest to his barn to sample all the trees.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

A group of lobbyists has a list of 100 senators. They decide to talk to every 7th senator on the list about their position on farm subsidies.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

A teacher puts all her students' names in hat, then selects 3 names from the hat. These students will take a standardized test.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.MD.B.6

The president of a college randomly selects 2 students from each department to serve on a student advisory board.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

You observe the color of every third car in a parking lot.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

You randomly select 5 math teachers, 5 English teachers and 5 kinesiology teachers to interview for the school newspaper.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Survey 10 students from every classroom in a building on campus.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

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
• volunteer response

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.MD.B.6

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

• Voluntary Response
• Convenience Sampling
• Simple Random Sampling
• Systematic Random Sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3