Worksheets03 Collecting Data Unit Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 12hrs 48mins
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Class
Date
1.
Ms. Marianne wanted to know her students' opinions on the new schedule at school. So she randomly selected 2 students from each of her classes to survey.
Assuming that all of her classes are roughly the same size, this is a form of:
Assuming that all of her classes are roughly the same size, this is a form of:
a)
Convenience Sampling
b)
Simple Random Sampling
c)
Stratified Sampling
d)
Cluster Sampling
2.
An independent research company wants to go door to door to survey people in the city of Fontana. The company decides to number all blocks within the city limit, randomly choose 50 blocks and survey all households on each selected block.
This is an example of:
This is an example of:
a)
Simple Random Sampling
b)
Stratified Sampling
c)
Cluster Sampling
d)
Systematic Sampling
3.
Which of the following is an example of a sampling method that is randomized?
a)
Simple Random Sampling
b)
Stratified Sampling
c)
Cluster Sampling
d)
All of these
4.
Disneyland often surveys its guests as they exit a restaurant during their visit to assess the quality of their dining experience.
The surveyor stands at the restaurant exit, counts the number of people leaving, and surveys every 25th guest. This is a form of:
The surveyor stands at the restaurant exit, counts the number of people leaving, and surveys every 25th guest. This is a form of:
a)
Simple Random Sampling
b)
Stratified Sampling
c)
Convenience Sampling
d)
Systematic Sampling
5.
A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys, so she randomly selects five students from the class to survey, paying no attention to their gender.
This is a form of:
This is a form of:
a)
Cluster Sampling
b)
Systematic Sampling
c)
Stratified Sampling
d)
Simple Random Sampling
6.
Ms. Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She places all of her students' names in a container and randomly picks out 20 names. She surveys those students whose names have been chosen.
This is an example of:
This is an example of:
a)
Convenience Sampling
b)
Systematic Sampling
c)
Simple Random Sampling
d)
Convenience Sampling
7.
A ___ is the data that a statistical study is interested in collecting
a)
Sample
b)
Stratified Sampling Method
c)
Population
d)
Voluntary-Response
8.
A poll about favorite sports is taken from 100 seniors in a high school where the senior class has 575 students. 23% of respondents said that baseball was their favorite sport.
The "100" is the ______
The "100" is the ______
a)
Sample Size
b)
Population Size
c)
Statistic
d)
Parameter
9.
A poll about favorite sports is taken from 100 seniors in a high school where the senior class has 575 students. 23% of respondents said that baseball was their favorite sport.
The "575" is the ______
The "575" is the ______
a)
Sample Size
b)
Population Size
c)
Statistic
d)
Parameter
10.
A poll about favorite sports is taken from 100 seniors in a high school where the senior class has 575 students. 23% of respondents said that baseball was their favorite sport.
The "23%" is the ______
The "23%" is the ______
a)
Sample Size
b)
Population Size
c)
Statistic
d)
Parameter
11.
A ___ is the data that a statistical study actually collects
a)
Survey
b)
Sample
c)
Population
d)
Parameter
12.
Political webpages often allow their readers to rate whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the President's decision on any given issue. This is a form of:
a)
Convenience Sampling
b)
Systematic Sampling
c)
Stratified Sampling
d)
Cluster Sampling
13.
Which of the following is false?
a)
Asking personal questions face to face can lead to response bias.
b)
Asking people as they walk into a stadium for the name of their favorite football team can result in selection bias.
c)
Stratified sampling is not randomized
d)
Convenience sampling is very susceptible to bias
14.
A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys. She randomly selects 4 girls and 1 boy to survey.
This is a form of:
This is a form of:
a)
Simple Random Sampling
b)
Convenience Sampling
c)
Stratified Sampling
d)
Systematic Sampling
15.
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 a random student to start then picks the student in every 5th seat.
This is a form of:
This is a form of:
a)
Simple Random Sampling
b)
Systematic Sampling
c)
Convenience Sampling
d)
Stratified Sampling
16.
You are determining the favorite fast food restaurant of students at your school. Which of the following is the most likely to provide unbiased data?
a)
Survey everyone leaving the McDonald's close to school.
b)
Survey a group of friends sitting together in the cafeteria
c)
Survey everyone in a few randomly chosen Discovery classes.
d)
Survey a group of students at the Gym.
17.
Farmer Joe's apple tree farm is set up in 100 rows. He counts the number of apples produced on every 10th row to estimate the number apples produced on the whole farm. This is _____________ sampling.
a)
Random
b)
Stratified
c)
Convenience
d)
Systematic
18.
If every individual in a population has the same chance of being included in a sample, the sample is a/an _________ sample.
a)
biased
b)
systematic
c)
random
d)
stratified
19.
The school librarian wants to determine how many students use the library on a regular basis. What type of sampling method would she be using if she chose to use a random number generator to randomly select 50 students from the school's attendance roster?
a)
Convenience
b)
Simple Random
c)
Stratified
d)
Systematic
20.
Which of the following is an example of qualitative data?
a)
social security number
b)
number of keys on a key-chain
c)
height
d)
age
21.
A Field of Study contains 453 boys and 622 girls. A researcher wants to survey this field of study and she wants to stratify by gender.
If the sample size is to be 100, how many boys should she survey?
If the sample size is to be 100, how many boys should she survey?
a)
42
b)
45
c)
55
d)
73
22.
The Observation, Experiment, Survey and Simulation are the four main...
a)
Methods of Data Collection
b)
Sampling Methods
c)
Types of Data
d)
Levels of Measurement
23.
Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio are the four main...
a)
Methods of Data Collection
b)
Sampling Techniques
c)
Types of Data
d)
Levels of Measurement
24.
Convenience, Systematic, Simple Random, Cluster and Stratified are the five main...
a)
Methods of Data Collection
b)
Sampling Techniques
c)
Types of Data
d)
Levels of Measurement
25.
Qualitative and Quantitative are the two main...
a)
Methods of Data Collection
b)
Sampling Techniques
c)
Types of Data
d)
Levels of Measurement
26.
__________________________ can be further classified as either Censuses or Samplings.
a)
Observations and Surveys
b)
Experiments and Simulations
c)
Observations and Simulations
d)
Experiments and Surveys
27.
A/an __________________ is a fake treatment given to the Control Group so that its members can't figure out that they're in the Control Group.
a)
placebo
b)
survey
c)
dummy variable
d)
false positive
28.
A/an ____________________ is a type of observation or survey where the sample size equals the population size.
a)
census
b)
sampling
c)
experiment
d)
simulation
29.
This is the only Level of Measurement that is always qualitative.
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
30.
A/an ____________________ is a type of observation or survey where the sample size is less than the population size.
a)
census
b)
sampling
c)
experiment
d)
simulation
31.
This is the only Level of Measurement that can be either qualitative or quantitative.
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
32.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
The teacher of a class of third graders records the height of each student.
The teacher of a class of third graders records the height of each student.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
33.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
The teacher of a class of third graders records the eye color of each student.
The teacher of a class of third graders records the eye color of each student.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
34.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
The teacher of a class of third graders records the letter grade for mathematics for each student.
The teacher of a class of third graders records the letter grade for mathematics for each student.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
35.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
The teacher of a class of third graders records the percentage that each student got correct on the last science test.
The teacher of a class of third graders records the percentage that each student got correct on the last science test.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
36.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
A meteorologist compiles a list of temperatures in degrees Celsius for the month of May.
A meteorologist compiles a list of temperatures in degrees Celsius for the month of May.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
37.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
A meteorologist compiles a list of temperatures in degrees Kelvin for the month of May.
A meteorologist compiles a list of temperatures in degrees Kelvin for the month of May.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
38.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
A film critic ranks the top 50 movies of all time.
A film critic ranks the top 50 movies of all time.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
39.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
A car magazine lists the most expensive cars for 2017, including the price of each car.
A car magazine lists the most expensive cars for 2017, including the price of each car.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
40.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
The roster of a basketball team lists the jersey numbers for each of the players.
The roster of a basketball team lists the jersey numbers for each of the players.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
41.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario:
A local animal shelter keeps track of the breeds of dogs that come in.
A local animal shelter keeps track of the breeds of dogs that come in.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
42.
Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario.
A local animal shelter keeps track of the weights of dogs that come in.
A local animal shelter keeps track of the weights of dogs that come in.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
43.
This is the only Level of Measurement that allows multiplication and division of data points.
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
44.
A key difference between Interval and Ratio data is that Ratio data does not allow _________ numbers.
a)
negative
b)
decimal
c)
odd
d)
prime
45.
This Level of Measurement has an "inherent zero," a zero that means "none."
a)
nominal
b)
ordinal
c)
interval
d)
ratio
46.
These are the Levels of Measurement that allow the subtraction of data points
a)
Nominal and ordinal
b)
Ordinal and interval
c)
Nominal and interval
d)
Interval and ratio
47.
A study of 36,000 families in France found that 35% planned to vacation at the beach in August.
Which of the following is the Field (or Focus) of Study?
Which of the following is the Field (or Focus) of Study?
a)
Families in France
b)
The vacation plans of all families in France
c)
The vacation plans of 36,000 Families in France
d)
35% planned to vacation at the beach in August.
48.
A study of 36,000 families in France found that 35% planned to vacation at the beach in August.
Which of the following is the Population?
Which of the following is the Population?
a)
Families in France
b)
The vacation plans of all families in France
c)
The vacation plans of 36,000 Families in France
d)
35% planned to vacation at the beach in August.
49.
A study of 36,000 families in France found that 35% planned to vacation at the beach in August.
Which of the following is the Sample?
Which of the following is the Sample?
a)
Families in France
b)
The vacation plans of all families in France
c)
The vacation plans of 36,000 Families in France
d)
35% planned to vacation at the beach in August.
50.
A study of 36,000 families in France found that 35% planned to vacation at the beach in August.
Which of the following is the Statistic?
Which of the following is the Statistic?
a)
Families in France
b)
The vacation plans of all families in France
c)
The vacation plans of 36,000 Families in France
d)
35% planned to vacation at the beach in August.
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