Quiz about 5.2 Principles of Data Collection Quiz v2

Question 1

What is the main purpose of sampling a population?

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To gather information about the entire population

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To save time and resources

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To avoid collecting data

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To ensure everyone is included

Question 2

What is a population in the context of data collection?

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All the individuals in a group that is being studied

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A group of selected individuals

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A small subset of a group

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A random selection of people

Question 3

What is the purpose of conducting surveys in groups?

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To determine which political party people would vote for

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To avoid making decisions

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To confuse participants

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To increase variability

Question 4

What should be considered when choosing a sample for a survey?

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Factors that represent the voting population

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The easiest group to access

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The largest group available

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The group with the most resources

Question 5

What is a potential issue with conducting polls with a small sample size?

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It may affect the accuracy of the estimates

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It increases the cost of the survey

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It ensures more accurate results

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It reduces the time needed for the survey

Question 6

What is a key requirement for a sample to be representative of a population?

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It must be random.

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It must be large.

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It must be convenient.

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It must be voluntary.

Question 7

Which sampling method involves choosing a random sample at each level of a hierarchy?

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Multistage

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Simple Random

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Systematic

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Voluntary

Question 8

What is an example of a cluster sampling method?

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Surveying Little League Canada baseball players

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Surveying every tenth person

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Conducting an online poll

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Asking people in a park

Question 9

What type of sample is used when a teacher draws five students' names out of a hat from a class of 30?

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Simple random sample

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Systematic sample

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Stratified sample

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Cluster sample

Question 10

What type of sample involves dividing a population into sections and choosing some sections at random?

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Cluster sample

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Simple random sample

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Systematic sample

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Stratified sample

Question 11

Which sampling method is used when a company surveys 25% of the population from several towns?

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Stratified sample

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Simple random sample

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Systematic sample

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Convenience sample

Question 12

What type of sample is used when researchers divide a province into sections and choose some sections at random?

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Cluster sample

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Simple random sample

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Systematic sample

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Stratified sample

Question 13

What is the main difference between multistage and stratified sampling?

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Multistage involves multiple steps; stratified involves dividing into groups

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Multistage is random; stratified is voluntary

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Multistage is for small populations; stratified is for large populations

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Multistage is more accurate; stratified is less accurate

Question 14

Variability (in samples) shows how samples are different from each other.

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The more similar the samples are to each other, the lower the variability and the more accurately the samples represent the population.

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The more different the samples are to each other, the higher the variability and the more accurately the samples represent the population.

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The more similar the samples are to each other, the higher the variability and the less accurately the samples represent the population.

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The more different the samples are to each other, the lower the variability and the less accurately the samples represent the population.

Question 15

A census is a count or survey of a population group. Which of the following is true, if your school was the population group.

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For example, surveying everyone at your school.

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For example, surveying everyone in your class.

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For example, surveying the first 10 students that you see in the hallway.

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For example, surveying some people at your school.

Question 16

Destructive Sampling is when the sample:

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has been tested and no longer in original form or state.

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has not been tested and no longer in original form or state.

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has not been tested and is in original form or state.

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has been tested and is in original form or state.

Question 17

Which type sampling is when the population is organized in an ordered list and people/items are chosen at regular intervals. For example, order all the patients of a doctor in some way (e.g., alphabetically) and choose one randomly. Select the rest of the data at regular intervals from the original starting point (e.g., every tenth name after the original).

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Systematic

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Stratified

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Simple Random

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Multistage

Question 18

Choose individuals from the population who are easy to access, can yield unreliable results since it inadvertently omits large portions of the population, often very inexpensive to conduct.

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Convenience Sampling

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Voluntary Sampling

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Stratified Sampling

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Cluster Sampling

Question 19

Which sampling method allow participants to choose whether or not to participate? Often the only people who respond are either heavily in favour or heavily against what the survey is about.

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Voluntary

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Cluster

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Stratified

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Convenience

Question 20

What is the main advantage of using a stratified sampling method?

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It ensures representation from all subgroups

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It is the most cost-effective method

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It requires the least amount of data

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It is the easiest method to implement

Question 21

Which sampling method involves selecting participants based on their availability and willingness to take part?

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Convenience sampling

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Cluster sampling

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Simple random sampling

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Systematic sampling

Question 22

What is a potential drawback of using voluntary response sampling?

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It may lead to biased results

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It is difficult to organize

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It requires a large sample size

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It is time-consuming

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