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Sampling Method

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning.

a)

simple random

b)

voluntary response

c)

systematic

d)

convenience

2.

Assign each car in a dealership a number and then use a random-number table to select the cars to be inspected.

a)

systematic

b)

simple random sample

c)

convenience

d)

Self - selected (volunteer)

3.

Political webpages often allow readers to rate (if they want to) whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the President's decision on any given situation. This is a form of:

a)

Self-Selected

b)

Convenience Sampling

c)

Simple Random Sampling

d)

Systematic Random Sampling

4.

Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She survey's the first 30 students who come into her class.

a)

Convenience Sampling

b)

Systematic Random Sampling

c)

Simple Random Sampling

d)

Volunteer response

5.
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:
a)
Simple Random Sample
b)
Stratified Random Sample
c)
Voluntary Response
d)
Systematic Random Sampling
6.

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 first five who raise their hands.

a)

Systematic

b)

Convenience

c)

Self Selected

d)

Simple Random

7.

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.

a)

simple random

b)

Self Selected.

c)

Convenience

d)

Systematic Random

8.

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.

a)

Simple Random

b)

Systematic

c)

voluntary response

d)

convenience

9.

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 1 block and survey all households on that block.

This is an example of:

a)

Simple Random Sample

b)

Stratified Random Sample

c)

Cluster Random Sample

d)

Systematic Random Sampling

10.
A ___ is a large group that includes everything being studied.
a)
Sample
b)
Stratified Sampling Method
c)
Population
d)
Voluntary-Response
11.
A ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.
a)
Systematic Sampling Method
b)
Sample
c)
Population
d)
Bias
12.

A teacher wants to know how well her students are doing on a topic. She randomly picks one class to survey.

a)

Simple Random

b)

Cluster

c)

Stratified

d)

Systematic

13.

A teacher splits her classes up by period. She then randomly picks 3 students from each period to do a survey.

a)

Stratified.

b)

Systematic

c)

Cluster

d)

Biased.

14.

A sound engineer wants to test the audio quality in an auditorium at various distances from the on-stage speakers. She assigns each seat in the auditorium a number and uses a random number generator to select 20 seats at random, then surveys audience members in these seats. This is an example of a

a)

simple random sample

b)

voluntary response sample

c)

systematic random sample

d)

stratified random sample

e)

cluster sample

15.

A sound engineer wants to test the audio quality in an auditorium at various distances from the on-stage speakers. She selects two seats at random from each row and surveys audience members in those seats. This is an example of a

a)

simple random sample

b)

voluntary response sample

c)

systematic random sample

d)

stratified random sample

e)

cluster sample

16.

Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning.

a)

simple random

b)

voluntary response

c)

systematic

d)

convenience

e)

cluster

17.

A teacher wants to know how well her students are doing on a topic. She randomly picks one class and surveys all students in that class.

a)

Simple Random

b)

Cluster

c)

Stratified

d)

Systematic

18.
Assign each car in a dealership a number and then use a random-number table to select the cars to be inspected. 
a)
systematic
b)
simple random sample
c)
convenience
d)
volunteer response
19.
Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She places students' names in a container and randomly picks out 20 names. 
a)
Convenience Sampling
b)
Systematic Random Sampling
c)
Simple Random Sampling
d)
Volunteer response
20.
Why do we randomly select our samples?
a)
for control
b)
reduce bias
c)
so we don't get the same answers from everyone
d)
to eliminate confounding results
21.
Which of the following is TRUE?
a)
In a multi-stage random sample, all individuals and all subsets of the sample size have an equal chance of being selected.
b)
In a stratified random sample, all individuals and all subsets of the sample size have an equal chance of being selected.
c)
In a cluster random sample, all individuals and all subsets of the sample size have an equal chance of being selected.
d)
In a simple random sample, all individuals and all subsets of the sample size have an equal chance of being selected.
22.
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:
a)
Simple Random Sample
b)
Stratified Random Sample
c)
Cluster Random Sample
d)
Systematic Random Sampling
23.

Which of the following is the best definition of a simple random sample?

a)

A sample created using random numbers

b)

A sample where the simplest method of sampling is used

c)

A sample which is representative of the population

d)

A sample where each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected

24.

Asking the first 10 students that you see from each year group in a school is an example of...

a)

Simple random sampling

b)

Opportunity sampling

c)

Systematic sampling

d)

Quota sampling

25.

Select all descriptions that apply to quota sampling

a)

Random

b)

Produces a sample representative across selected factors

c)

Requires a sampling frame

d)

Can be biased