Sampling Techniques Quiz

A researcher wants to study the shopping habits of university students. She selects 10 universities from the different area and surveys every student in those universities. Which sampling technique is the researcher using?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

A company wants to survey customer satisfaction. They randomly select every 5th customer from their database. What type of sampling is this?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Snowball Sampling

To study the dietary habits of high school students, a researcher divides students into groups based on grade levels and randomly selects students from each grade. What sampling method is being used?

• Cluster Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Multi-stage Sampling

A study on rare diseases uses participants referred by previous participants. What is this sampling method called?

• Convenience Sampling

• Snowball Sampling

• Purposive Sampling

• Quota Sampling

A researcher is interested in the opinions of experts on climate change policies. She selects a group of experts she knows are knowledgeable. Which sampling technique is this?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Purposive / judgment Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

A school administrator wants to survey teachers from three schools. She randomly selects one school and surveys every teacher in that school. What sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A marketing researcher decides to survey 200 males and 200 females from a shopping mall to ensure gender balance. What type of sampling is this?

• Quota Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

A researcher selects participants based on who is easiest to reach. For example, she surveys students from her own class. What sampling method is this?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Purposive Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A health researcher divides the population into urban and rural areas, then randomly selects some cities and villages, and finally, some individuals from each selected city or village. Which sampling method is this?

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Multi-stage Sampling

• Purposive Sampling

A researcher wants to study the effect of a new teaching method. She selects two schools where the method is being implemented and surveys all students. Which sampling technique is she using?

• Cluster Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Quota Sampling