Data Collection Census and Sample Survey

A random selection of people are called every morning for a week to determine if television shows are too violent. 

• Census

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

Estimate the number of students in your school who play video games more than 10 hours per week.

• Census

• Sample Survey

• Experiment

• Observational Study

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

Questionnaire is a _____

• Research method

• Measurement technique

• Data collection method

• Sampling technique

Which experimental method involves studying each and every member of the population of interest?

• Sampling

• Census

• Random Sampling

• Block Design

The sample represents the population.

Choose the answer that says "Representative Sample"

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

• Representative Sample

A survey is a _____

• Research method

• Measurement technique

• Data collection method

• Sampling technique

If you collect data from every single member of a population, what type of data collection method is this?

• Stratified sampling

• Random sample

• Census

• Systematic sampling

If you want to study a large group of people, but it's impractical to collect data from everyone, what method might you use to select a smaller group to represent the whole?

• Census

• Random sample

• Systematic sample

• Population

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

• Census

• Simple Random Sample

• Cluster Random Sample

• Stratified Random Sample