Collecting Data Review

Dividing the population into homogeneous groups called strata is known as:

• Convenience Sampling
• Simple Random Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Cluster 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 50 blocks and survey all households on each selected block. 
This is an example of:

• Simple Random Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Cluster Sampling
• Systematic Sampling

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Disneyland often surveys its guests as they exit a restaurant during their visit to assess the quality of their dining experience.
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 Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Convenience Sampling
• Systematic Sampling

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This sampling allows every member of a population to have an equal chance of being selected.
This is a form of:

• Cluster Sampling
• Systematic Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Simple Random Sampling

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A poll about favorite sports is taken from 100 seniors in a high school where the senior class has 575 students. 23% of respondents said that baseball was their favorite sport.
The "100" is the ______

• Sample Size
• Population Size
• Statistic
• Parameter

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A poll about favorite sports is taken from 100 seniors in a high school where the senior class has 575 students. 23% of respondents said that baseball was their favorite sport.
The "575" is the ______

• Sample Size
• Population Size
• Statistic
• Parameter

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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

• Convenience Sampling
• Systematic Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Cluster Sampling

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A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys. She randomly selects 4 girls and 1 boy to survey.
This is a form of:

• Simple Random Sampling
• Convenience Sampling
• Stratified Sampling
• Systematic Sampling

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys. She selects a random student to start then picks the student in every 5th seat.
This is a form of:

• Simple Random Sampling
• Systematic Sampling
• Convenience Sampling
• Stratified Sampling

You are determining the favorite fast food restaurant of students at your school. Which of the following is the most likely to provide unbiased data?

• Survey everyone leaving the McDonald's close to school.
• Survey a group of friends sitting together in the cafeteria
• Survey everyone in a few randomly chosen Discovery classes.
• Survey a group of students at the Gym.

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