Sampling Techniques

A study was done to determine the age, number of times per week, and the duration (amount of time) of residents using a local park in San Antonio, Texas. The first house in the neighborhood around the park was selected randomly, and then the resident of every eighth house in the neighborhood around the park was interviewed. The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

A group of test subjects is divided into twelve groups; then four of the groups are chosen at random. Everyone in the selected groups are sampled. The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A market researcher polls every tenth person who walks into a store. The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

Samples of the population should be _______ of the population.

• Representative

• Suggestive

• Independent

• Respectful

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

A computer generates 100 random numbers, and 100 people whose names correspond with the numbers on the list are chosen. The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Suppose a researcher conducted a survey by choosing 40 patients they knew. What sampling method would that researcher have used? The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

1. A woman in the airport is handing out questionnaires to travelers asking them to evaluate the airport’s service. She does not ask travelers who are hurrying through the airport with their hands full of luggage, but instead asks all travelers who are sitting near gates and not taking naps while they wait. The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

1. The librarian at a public library wants to determine what proportion of the library users are children. The librarian has a tally sheet on which she marks whether books are checked out by an adult or a child. She records this data for every fourth patron who checks out books. The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

1. A teacher wants to know if her students are doing homework, so she randomly selects rows two and five and then calls on all students in row two and all students in row five to present the solutions to homework problems to the class.The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

1. The marketing manager for an electronics chain store wants information about the ages of its customers. Over the next two weeks, at each store location, 100 randomly selected customers are given questionnaires to fill out asking for information about age, as well as about other variables of interest. The sampling method was...

• 1. Simple random

• 1. Systematic

• 1. Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience Sample

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3