Sampling Methods Quiz

A researcher wants to study the average income of residents in a large city. They divide the city into neighborhoods and randomly select 10 neighborhoods. They then interview every resident in those 10 selected neighborhoods.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A university wants to survey student satisfaction with campus dining. They obtain a list of all students, randomly select 200 students from the list, and survey those 200 students.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A marketing company wants to understand consumer preferences for a new product. They randomly select 50 customers from each of their existing customer age brackets: 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A health inspector wants to assess the hygiene standards of restaurants in a county. The county is divided into regions. The inspector randomly selects 5 regions. Within each selected region, they randomly select 3 restaurants to inspect. Question: What type of sampling method is being used?

• Multi-Stage Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A quality control engineer wants to check the quality of items coming off an assembly line. They select every 50th item produced and inspect it.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A teacher wants to know how well her students understood the last lesson. She asks the first five students who arrive in class to answer questions.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A researcher wants to study the opinions of members of a professional organization. The organization has a numbered list of all its members. The researcher randomly selects a starting number between 1 and 20, and then selects every 20th member on the list after that starting number.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A pollster wants to predict the outcome of an election. They divide the state into counties. They randomly select 3 counties. From those counties, they randomly select 2 precincts. Finally, they randomly select 50 registered voters from each of the selected precincts and survey them about their voting intentions.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Multi-Stage Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A psychologist posts an ad online asking for volunteers to participate in a study about stress and coping mechanisms. Participants receive a small gift card for their time.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Volunteer Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

A store manager wants to gauge customer satisfaction. They hand out survey forms to every customer who makes a purchase on a particular Tuesday afternoon.

What type of sampling method is being used?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling