WorksheetsChapter #5 - Collecting Data
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Which of the following is not a valid sampling method?
Order data from highest to lowest, randomly select one item, and then choose every fifth value after that
Put all of the data into a bin and randomly select 50
Arrange the data into demographic groups and pick 100 from one of the groups
Send out a survey and ask people to fill it out and send it back
Which of the following conditions is not a characteristic of a good experiment?
Randomization of the groups selected for the study
Control of as many aspects of the experiment as possible
Homogeneous group selection
Replication of the experiment
People prone to migraine headaches are randomly divided into two groups. One group gets a new headache remedy to try out and the other does not. One hour later, the participants are asked about their headaches. This is an example of:
An observational study
An experimental study
A combinations study
A permutations study
A teacher compares class averages between her two data management classes to determine whether the one in the morning performs better than the one in the afternoon. This is an example of:
An observational study
An experimental study
A combinations study
A permutations study
A leading question in a survey question is:
the beginning stem of a question that precedes the options being presented
a question that gives options that overlap each other so a clear choice is not obvious
a question that is phrased in a way that it could influence the way the respondent may answer it
a question that is given choices on a Likert scale
Bias in survey results can occur when
the questions in the survey are prejudiced for or against an idea or response
the sample surveyed is not selected randomly
the data collection technique is flawed
all of the above
Which of these is a good survey question?
Where do you get most of your information on video games and movies?
- Friends
- Game Store
- Internet
- TV
Should formula sheets be allowed on math exams?
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Don't know
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
Which uniforms do you prefer for the football team, the new modern style or the old style?
- New
- Old
What is your favourite sport?
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Golf
What would be an appropriate way to indicate intervals of age?
- 15 and below
- 15-35
- 35-60
- Above 60
- 18 and under
- 19 to 35
- 35 to 60
- Above 60
- 18 and under
- [19-35)
- [35-60)
- 60 and above
None of the above
The following survey question would collect what type of data?
Where do you live?
1- Suburbs
2- City
3- Town
Nominal Scale Data
Ordinal Scale Data
Discrete Quantitative Data
Continuous Quantitative Data
