Data Collection Method

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 Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

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

Questionnaire is a _____

• Research method

• Measurement technique

• Data collection method

• Sampling technique

Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning. Determine the sampling method used.

• simple random sampling

• cluster sampling

• systematic sampling

• convenience sampling

The principal asks 50 randomly selected students whether the student parking lot should be expanded. Identify the method of data collection.

• Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

• Simulation

The principal asks 50 randomly selected students whether the student parking lot should be expanded. Identify the method of data collection.

• Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

• Simulation

Frannie and Fiona collect data comparing students' GPA and how many hours per week they spend doing extracurricular activities. This is best described as a(n)

• observational study

• matched pairs design

• experiment

• survey

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

An independent research company wants to go door to door to survey people in the city. 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

A teacher hands out an index card and asks ALL of her students to write down the following information: age, height (in inches), and what grade they are in.

Which of the following best describes her method of data collection?

• Census

• Simple Random Sample

• Cluster Random Sample

• Stratified Random Sample