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RESEARCH SAMPLING-LAS 2-Q3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

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.

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.

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

Which category of sampling is used when the probability of selecting each individual in a population is known and every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected?

a)

probability sampling

b)

nonprobability sampling

c)

both probability and nonprobability sampling could be correct

d)

neither probability nor nonprobability sampling could be correct

11.

What is a method of sampling in which the first participant is selected using simple random sampling, and then every nth person until all participants have been selected?

a)

simple random sampling

b)

cluster sampling

c)

stratified random sampling

d)

systematic sampling

12.

What is a limitation of cluster sampling?

a)

It involves convenience sampling methods.

b)

Identifying clusters in a population is not possible.

c)

It limits a sample to individuals in the chosen clusters.

d)

It applies a random sampling method to select participants in each cluster.

13.

Which of the following methods of sampling is not random?

a)

sampling with replacement

b)

sampling without replacement

c)

convenience sampling

d)

stratified sampling

14.

When a population is naturally grouped, selecting subgroups and omitting the other groups is an example of ______.

a)

simple random sampling

b)

cluster sampling

c)

convenience sampling

d)

stratified sampling

15.

A researcher wants to understand student’s study habits across the state. However, she lives in a rural area and decides to use the local middle school instead of schools across the state. What kind of sampling is this?

a)

quota sampling

b)

random sampling

c)

stratified sampling

d)

convenience sampling

16.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the sample size you need in a research study?

a)

You should include 10% of the population in your sample.

b)

The more categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the smaller the sample size needed.

c)

The more homogeneous the population the larger the sample size needed.

d)

The larger the sample size, the smaller the sampling error.

17.

Which of the following is a form of nonrandom sampling?

a)

Quota sampling

b)

Convenience sampling

c)

Purposive sampling

d)

All of the above

18.
Interview the first 30 students who enter the school in the morning. 
a)
simple random
b)
voluntary response
c)
systematic
d)
convenience
19.
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)
volunteer response
20.
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