Sampling Methods

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A researcher asks every 10th student who enters the school in the morning. Sampling Method:

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systematic

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Assign each car in a dealership a number and then pull the numbers out of a hat to select the cars to be inspected. Sampling Method:

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simple random sample

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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:

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Volunteer/Convenience Sampling

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Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She surveys the first 30 students who come into her class. Sampling method:

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Convenience Sampling

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A teacher splits her classes up by period. She then randomly picks 3 students from each period to do a survey. Sampling method:

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Stratified

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A ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.

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Sample

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Mr. Blaisdell wants to find out how much time middle school students are spending on their homework each night. He asks 15 students from each grade-level. What is the sample?

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The 45 students he asks

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This question will likely cause ___________ .

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Response Bias

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Which measure of central tendency would best represent this data? Mean, Average, Median, Mode

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Median

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Disneyland often surveys its guests as they exit a restaurant during their visit. 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 Sample, Stratified Random Sample, Voluntary Response, Systematic Random Sampling

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Systematic Random Sampling