Chapter 1 Question Bank – Full 35 Questions

A researcher polls 300 voters about who they will vote for.

• Experiment

• Survey

• Simulation

• Observational Study

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Which is a parameter?

• Average age of 100 survey respondents

• Average age of all students in a school

• Average of a random sample

• A statistic in a newspaper article

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Jersey numbers of football players → Which level of measurement?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

A pollster selects every 10th person in line. What sampling method?

• Cluster

• Stratified

• Systematic

• Convenience

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Scientists test a new drug with one group and give a placebo to another. This is an example of what type of experiment?

• Controlled experiment

• Field observation

• Naturalistic study

• Case study

Which is qualitative?

• Student GPA

• Favorite color

• Height in cm

• Age in years

A teacher records students’ study hours without interfering.

• Observational Study

• Experiment

• Simulation

• Survey

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Which level of measurement is temperature (°F)?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

Which level of measurement is weight in pounds?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

What is replication in experiments?

• Giving placebo

• Assigning randomly