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POPULATION and SAMPLING

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Interviewing all members of a given population is called:

a)

a sample

b)

a census

c)

a Gallup poll

d)

a Nielsen audit

2.

Which ONE of these sampling methods is a probability method?

a)

Simple random

b)

Convenience

c)

Quota

d)

Judgement

3.
Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. So she randomly selected 2 students from each class during second period. 
This is a form of:
a)
Convenience Sampling
b)
Random Sampling
c)
Stratified Sampling
d)
Systematic Sampling
4.

Snowball sampling can help the researcher to:

a)

Access deviant or hidden populations

b)

Theorise inductively in a qualitative study

c)

Overcome the problem of not having an accessible sampling frame

d)

All of these

5.

The term used to define the smallest element in sample selection is:

a)

sampling unit

b)

statistical unit

c)

sample frame

d)

sample interval

6.

Which of the following is a probability-based sample selection method?

a)

snowball sampling

b)

convenience sampling

c)

multistage stratified

d)

over sampling

7.

_________ is a sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has an equal chance of being selected.

a)

Non-Probability Sample

b)

Population

c)

Random Sample

d)

Biased Sample

8.

Out of a group of 30 volunteers, 11 people are chosen to participate in a survey about the number of phone calls they make each week. What is the sample in this situation?

a)

The 11 people selected to participate

b)

The 19 people not selected to participate

c)

The 30 volunteers

d)

The people conducting the survey

9.

When one examines the entire population instead of a subgroup of the population, this is called a ____________.

a)

Sampling

b)

Census

c)

Bias

d)

Random

10.

What type of sampling is this? A journalist asks his family how they feel about water pollution.

a)

Random sample

b)

Convenience sample

c)

Stratified Random sample

d)

Census

11.

Which of the following is NOT a type of non-probability sampling?

a)

Cluster sampling

b)

Judgemental sampling

c)

Snowball sampling

d)

Quota sampling

12.
A student surveys mathematics teachers to get their opinion on teaching.  What is the sample?
a)
All teachers in the world.
b)
All teachers within the school.
c)
All mathematics teachers in the school.
d)
All teachers except mathematics teachers.
13.

Josh works for MooMoo Milkshakes. The company wants to know what milkshake flavor is the most popular. Today, he surveyed every third female customer on their favorite milkshake flavor. Twenty-three customers (out of 75 total) were surveyed, and 8 customers prefer MooChooChocolate, 4 customers prefer VeryStrawberry, and 11 customers prefer BananaBoBanna.


Will the results from the survey be representative of all MooMoo Milkshakes customers?

a)

No. The company is only interested in males' opinions.

b)

There is not enough information.

c)

No. Josh only asked female customers.

d)

Yes. Josh should have asked random customers.

14.
A high school has 1500 students.  In a random sample of 50 students, 32 own one or more pets.  Predict the number of students at the high school who own one or more pets.
a)
480
b)
960
c)
48
d)
96
15.
A small town as 2500 residents.  In a random sample of 125 residents, 2 have the flu.  Predict the number of residents of the town who have the flu.
a)
20
b)
40
c)
200
d)
400
16.

Identify the Sample Size:

A restaurant wants to know if their customers buy dessert when they eat out. As people leave the restaurant one evening, 20 people are surveyed at random. Eight people say they usually order dessert when they eat out. The restaurant concluded that most customers do not order dessert.

a)

20 customers

b)

All customers

c)

8 customers

d)

Dessert

17.
Dylan wants to know how the students at his school rate the cafeteria.  He surveyed his school's basketball team to rate the school cafeteria. Is this a biased sample of the school's population?
a)
Yes, because it is a convenience survey
b)
No, the basketball team has the smartest students
c)
Yes, because it's voluntary survey
d)
No, he should have asked the football team