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Research Sampling

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It starts with known sources of information who or which will in turn give other sources of information.

a)

Snowball sampling

b)

Network Sampling

c)

Convenience sampling

d)

Systematic sampling

2.
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
3.
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.
4.
A ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.
a)
Systematic Sampling Method
b)
Sample
c)
Population
d)
Bias
5.

Elise, a supermarket employee, approached 50 random customers and asked whether they would be willing to discuss what they like most about the store. She interviewed the 22 who said yes. Is this sample of the supermarket's customers likely to be biased?

a)

yes

b)

no

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.
Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?
a)
Newspaper articles
b)
Diary entry
c)
Encyclopedia
d)
Textbook
8.
What type of source is this? A magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West in the 1860’s-1890’s” 
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
9.
True or False: all samples lead to a good prediction about an entire population.
a)
True
b)
False
10.

3. _________ sampling is a good method to use when conducting a pilot study.

a)

A. Non-probability

b)

B. Non-probable

c)

C. Non-random

11.

A researcher who is studying the effects of educational attainment on promotion conducted a survey of 50 randomly selected workers from each of these categories: high school graduate, with undergraduate degree, with master’s degree, and with doctoral degree. What technique is most appropriate?

a)

Simple Random Sampling

b)

Systematic Random Sampling

c)

Stratified Random Sampling

d)

Cluster Random Sampling

12.

You are doing a research on Malaysians and their perception on recycling. You divided the population according to race and choose your sample according to this division. You have a Chinese friend and passes the survey to him to fill the allocation for Chinese participants. What sampling technique is this?

a)

Quota Sampling

b)

Stratified Random Sampling

c)

Purposive Sampling

d)

Snowball Sampling

13.

You are looking for a tall young malay man who is studying in CFS. Luckily, Zairul is your classmate. Hence you pass your survey to him. This is _____________

a)

Convenience Sampling

b)

Snowball Sampling

c)

Purposive Sampling

d)

Accidental Sampling

14.

The principal purpose of sampling is the application of results in the population.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The selection of the sample is accomplished in more than 2 steps

a)

Multi stage sampling

b)

Snowball sampling

c)

Cluster sampling

d)

Networking sampling