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Sampling and Estimation

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One way to control sampling risk is to increase sample size

a)

True

b)

False

2.

There are three phases in both statistical and nonstatistical sampling. The first phase is to

a)

generate random numbers for the sample

b)

evaluate the results

c)

plan the sample

d)

select the sample

3.

Which of the following is not a phase in the planning of both statistical and nonstatistical sampling?

a)

Plan the sample

b)

Determine the probability that fraud has occurred

c)

Select the sample and perform the tests

d)

Evaluate the results

4.
28% of all Woodrow students believe Monday will be snow day. You take a sample of 50 students and find that 15 of them believe Monday will be a snow day. What does 50 represent? 
a)
n
b)
P
c)
phat
d)
standard deviation
5.
What happens to the shape of a sampling distribution of sample means as n increases?
a)
It becomes narrower and bimodal.
b)
It becomes narrower and more normal.
c)
It becomes wider and skewed right. 
d)
It becomes wider and more normal. 
6.
These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?
a)
The Population
b)
The Sample
c)
The Sampling Distribution
7.

What sampling method are you using if you survey every 5th person who enters the room.

a)

Convenience

b)

Systematic

c)

Simple Random

8.

What sampling method are you using if you survey the students in the school whose names are picked out of a hat?

a)

Convenience

b)

Systematic

c)

Simple Random

9.

Surveying the students in one home room is an example of which type of sampling method?

a)

Convenience

b)

Systematic

c)

Simple Random

10.

You assign the students in your class a number and choose 6 numbers from a basket. What sampling method are you using?

a)

Convenience

b)

Systematic

c)

Simple Random

11.
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
12.
Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom.  This sampling technique is called?
a)
Simple
b)
Stratified
c)
Systematic
d)
Cluster
13.
Mrs. Trahan samples her class by picking 10 numbers from her hat and each number is assigned to a student. This is ______________ random sampling.
a)
Systematic
b)
Simple
c)
Stratified
d)
Cluster
14.
Farmer Joe separates his apple tree farm into 10 regions.  He counts the number of apples produced in just one of the regions and uses that estimate to predict the number of apples produced on the whole farm.  This is _______ sampling.
a)
Simple
b)
Cluster
c)
Stratified
d)
Systematic
15.

Parameters are

a)

numerical characteristics of a sample.

b)

numerical characteristics of a population.

c)

the averages taken from a sample.

d)

numerical characteristics of either a sample or a population.

16.

Sample is different from population because...

a)

a set of items selected from the population

b)

a measuring variable for every unit in the population

c)

a complete set

d)

a study done before the actual framework

17.

What is statistical estimation?

a)

Methods for rounding answers in statistical calculations.

b)

Methods to determine the best graph to represent statistical data.

c)

Methods for reducing errors in inferential statistics.

d)

Methods for reducing errors in descriptive statistics.