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AP Stats - Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 48mins

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.

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

4.

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

5.

A teacher hands out an index card and asks ALL of her students to write down the following information: age, height (in inches), and what grade they are in.

Which of the following best describes her method of data collection?

a)

Census

b)

Simple Random Sample

c)

Cluster Random Sample

d)

Stratified Random Sample

6.
A ___ is a large group that includes everything being studied.
a)
Sample
b)
Stratified Sampling Method
c)
Population
d)
Voluntary-Response
7.
A ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.
a)
Systematic Sampling Method
b)
Sample
c)
Population
d)
Bias
8.

The president of a college randomly selects 2 students from each department to serve on a student advisory board.

a)

Convenience

b)

Systematic

c)

Stratified

d)

Simple Random

9.
The questions on a multiple choice test each have 6 answer choices. Which model can be used to simulate randomly selecting the correct answer on a 20 question multiple choice test?
a)
rolling a six-sided number cube 6 times
b)
rolling a six-sided number cube 20 times
c)
spinning a spinner with 4 equal sized sections 4 times
d)
choosing 1 marble in a bag of 20 different colored marbles
10.
A certain brand of TV has a 50% chance of being defective. Which model could be used to determine the probability that when two TVs are chosen, they will both be defective?
a)
spin a spinner with 4 equal sections
b)
roll a die twice
c)
flip a coin twice
d)
flip a coin, then roll a die
11.

All of the following are elements of a good experimental design except

a)

A control treatment

b)

A random sample

c)

multiple treatments

d)

A single group of peopel

12.

What is the difference between an observational study and an experiment?

a)

Observational studies compare data.

b)

Experiments involve active data production.

c)

Experiments involve having multiple treatments

d)

Observational studies have subjects and treatments.

13.

Why do we want our experiments to have random elements in them?

a)

To reduce variability

b)

To increase variability

c)

To reduce bias

d)

To increase bias

14.
A gardener wants to try difference combinations of fertilizer (none, 1 cup, 2 cups) and mulch (none, wood chips, pine needles, plastic) to determine which combination produces the highest yield for a variety of green beans.  He has 60 green-bean plants to use in the experiment.  If he wants an equal number of plants to be assigned to each treatment, how many plants will be assigned to each treatment?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
12
15.
A report in a medical journal notes that the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease among subjects who regularly opted to take Ibuprofen was about half the risk among those who did not.  Is this good evidence that Ibuprofen is effective in preventing Alzheimer's?
a)
Yes, because the study was a randomized, comparative experiment
b)
No, because the effect of Ibuprofen is confounded with the placebo effect
c)
No, because this is an observational study.  An experiment would be needed to confirm (or not confirm) the observed effect.
d)
Yes, because a 50% reduction can't hapen just by chance
16.

This research method is a technique for ascertaining the self – reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.

a)

Survey

b)

Observational

c)

Experiments