Statistics- Sampling Methods

If you survey every third house on a street, what type of sampling technique are you using?

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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

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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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

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

If you choose 5 bingo balls from a basket of 50 balls, what sampling technique are you using?

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

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

• Self-Selected

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Systematic Random Sampling

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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 the five closest to her desk.

• simple random

• Self Selected.

• Convenience

• Systematic Random

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.

She picks the student in every 5th seat.

• Simple Random

• Systematic

• voluntary response

• convenience

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CCSS.L.3.6

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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 1 block and survey all households on that block.

This is an example of:

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Random Sample

• Cluster Random Sample

• Systematic Random Sampling

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D