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Sampling/Data/Descriptive Statistics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the Population:

Frederick Community College randomly selected 50 professors to find out which technology resource it's professors feel is the most effective.

a)

50 Professors

b)

All Frederick Community College Professors

c)

Students

d)

Frederick Community College

2.
Identify the Sample:
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
3.

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

a)

systematic

b)

simple random sample

c)

sample of convenience

d)

stratified

4.
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
5.

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 5 blocks and survey all households on those blocks.

This is an example of:

a)

Simple Random Sample

b)

Stratified Random Sample

c)

Cluster Random Sample

d)

Systematic Random Sampling

6.

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.

7.

Source of bias in which people CHOOSE to respond and usually only people with very strong opinions respond

a)

Leading Question Bias

b)

Social Acceptability Bias

c)

Non Response Bias

d)

Voluntary Response

8.
A numerical characteristic of the POPULATION
a)
Statistic
b)
Parameter
c)
Observation
d)
Study
9.
A quantity calculated from the observations in a SAMPLE.
a)
Parameter
b)
Study
c)
Statistic
d)
Observation
10.

Respondents to surveys exaggerate their physical activity levels and underestimate their level of sedentary behaviour. This is known as ...

a)

Voluntary Response Bias

b)

Non Response Bias

c)

Leading Question Bias

d)

Social Acceptability Bias

11.
hair color of women on high school tennis team
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
12.
ages of students in a statistics class
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
13.
temperatures of 22 selected refrigerators
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
14.
the ratings of a movie ranging from "poor" to "good" to "excellent"
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
15.

How long does the bus to Birchington take?

a)

continuous

b)

discrete

16.

How many cows are there in that field?

a)

continuous

b)

discrete

17.

The leaf is 5 mm wide.

a)

qualitative

b)

quantitative

18.
Dolphin colors range from gray to white.
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative 
19.

Can pleasant aromas help a student learn better? Two researchers believed that the presence of a floral scent could improve a person's learning ability in certain situations. They had 22 people work through a pencil-and-paper maze 6 times. Three of the times they wore a floral-scented mask and three times they wore an unscented mask. The three trials for each mask followed one another. Testers measures the length of time it took subjects to complete each of the six trials. They reported that, on average, subjects wearing the floral-scented mask completed the maze more quickly that those wearing the unscented mask, although, the difference was not statistically significant. This study is:

a)

a randomized experiement

b)

an oberservational study

c)

a double-blind experiment

20.

Which of the following distinguishes an observational study from a randomized experiment?

a)

In an observational study volunteers are always used, whereas in a randomized experiment a random sample is always taken from the population.

b)

In an observational study a random sample is always taken from the population, whereas in a randomized experiment volunteers are always used.

c)

In an observational study treatments are not randomly assigned, whereas in a randomized experiment treatments are randomly assigned.

d)

In an observational study a control group is never used, whereas in a randomized experiment a control group is always used.

e)

An observational study can be double-blind, whereas a randomized experiment can only be single-blind because the experimenter determines who is randomly assigned to each treatment.

21.

Does using a cell phone while driving make an accident more likely? Researchers compared telephone company and police records to find 699 people who had cell phones and were also involved in an auto accident. Using phone billing records, they compared the frequency of accidents when cell phones were in use to the frequency when they were not in use. This study is

a)

An observational study

b)

A randomized experiment

22.

These are any variables that could interfere with results.

a)

confounding variables

b)

interfering variables

c)

controlled variables

d)

experimental variables

23.
How many employees have a salary less than $22,000?
a)
50
b)
350
c)
0
d)
10
24.
How many people watched less than 11 hours of TV last week?
a)
48
b)
90
c)
20
d)
65
25.
Is a histogram the same as a bar graph?
a)
Yes, because they both use intervals.
b)
No, because a histogram displays numerical data while a bar graph displays categorical data.
c)
Yes, because they both use bars to display data.
d)
No, because a histogram displays categorical data while a bar graph displays numerical data.