WorksheetsSampling Method
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys. This type of sampling is called?
a)
Stratified
b)
Systematic
c)
Simple
d)
Cluster
2.
What kind of sampling technique is the following:
List the names of all the students alphabetically and contact the parent of every 25th student.
a)
Convenience Sampling
b)
Simple Random Sampling
c)
Systematic Sampling
d)
Sample
3.
What kind of sample technique is the following:
Select at random 150 parents and send them a survey.
a)
Convenience Sampling
b)
Simple Random Sampling
c)
Systematic Sampling
d)
Sample
4.
What kind of sample technique is the following:
Question everyone in the cafeteria.
a)
Convenience Sampling
b)
Simple Random Sampling
c)
Systematic Sampling
d)
Sample
5.
When one examines the entire population instead of a subgroup of the population, this is called a ____________.
a)
Sampling
b)
Census
c)
Bias
6.
Farmer Joe separates his farm into 10 regions. He then randomly selected 5 trees from each region to estimate the number of apples produced on his apple tree farm. This is _____________ sampling.
a)
Cluster
b)
Systematic
c)
Stratified
d)
Simple
7.
Mrs. Boyd wants to find the average height of all her students in her classes. She decides to use the first 5 people who walk in the door. Is this a good representative sample?
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
_______ is the entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.
a)
Sample
b)
Population
c)
Random Sample
d)
Quartile
9.
A computer manufacturer surveys its customers who purchased laptop computers to ask what software the company should include with its computer. Identify the population.
a)
Customers who purchased laptop computers.
b)
Customers of the store.
c)
Customers who are interested in software.
d)
Computer manufacturers
10.
A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned.
Which choice best represents the population?
Which choice best represents the population?
a)
Visitors to the 3DS section.
b)
All of the website visitors.
c)
Visitors to the PS4 section.
d)
Visitors who are on the website for more than 5 minutes.
11.
Identify the Sample:
To determine if the class understood the homework assignment, the math teacher checks the top 3 papers in the pile of collected homework. The teacher finds that all students understood the homework assignment.
To determine if the class understood the homework assignment, the math teacher checks the top 3 papers in the pile of collected homework. The teacher finds that all students understood the homework assignment.
a)
3 Students
b)
All Students
12.
Identify the Sample:
A restaurant wants to know if 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 restaurant wants to know if 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
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