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5.6 Types of Statistical Studies & Sampling

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning.

a)

simple random

b)

voluntary response

c)

systematic

d)

convenience

2.

Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning.

a)

simple random

b)

voluntary response

c)

systematic

d)

convenience

3.

Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She survey's the first 30 students who come into her class.

a)

Convenience Sampling

b)

Systematic Random Sampling

c)

Simple Random Sampling

d)

Volunteer response

4.
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
5.

An independent research company wants to go door to door to survey people in the city of Fontana. The company decides to number all blocks within the city limit, randomly choose 1 block and survey all households on that block.

This is an example of:

a)

Simple Random Sample

b)

Stratified Random Sample

c)

Cluster Random Sample

d)

Systematic Random Sampling

6.
A ___ is a large group that includes everything being studied.
a)
Sample
b)
Stratified Sampling Method
c)
Population
d)
Voluntary-Response
7.
A ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.
a)
Systematic Sampling Method
b)
Sample
c)
Population
d)
Bias
8.

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.

9.

Political webpages often allow readers to rate (if they want to) whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the President's decision on any given situation. This is a form of:

a)

Volunteer Response

b)

Convenience Sampling

c)

Simple Random Sampling

d)

Systematic Random Sampling

10.

A teacher wants to know how well her students are doing on a topic. She randomly picks one class to survey.

a)

Simple Random

b)

Cluster

c)

Stratified

d)

Systematic

11.
This sample is selected by dividing the population into subgroups and then taking a fixed number of units from each group using the simple random sample.
a)
stratified
b)
cluster
c)
judgment
d)
experimental
12.
Units of the population are grouped; one or more groups are selected at random.  All units of that group are included in the sample.
a)
cluster sample
b)
simple random
c)
stratified
d)
proportional
13.
Identify the sampling design: Student government randomly samples 25 students of each of the four classes.
a)
stratified
b)
volunteer
c)
systematic
d)
simple random
14.
Identify the sampling design: School admin conducted a survey on post-graduation plans.  Students of senior class 2018 were listed in order by class rank.  The school selected a random number between 1 and 15, obtaining a number 11.  Then, they selected every 11th student for the survey.
a)
cluster
b)
volunteer
c)
systematic
d)
simple random
15.
Identify the sampling design: School admin conducted a survey on post-graduation plans.  Students of senior class 2018 were listed in order by class rank.  The school selected a random number between 1 and 15, obtaining a number 11.  Then, they selected every 11th student for the survey.
a)
cluster
b)
volunteer
c)
systematic
d)
simple random
16.

A researcher randomly assigned students to two groups. One group was assigned to watch a violent television program while the other group watched a nonviolent program. The student's behavior was then recorded for incidences of aggressive behavior. Which research method is most appropriate?

a)

experimental

b)

census

c)

sample survey

d)

observational study

17.

Dr. Larson was interested in whether classical music helps students perform better on a test. Dr. Larson randomly assigned half of the study's participants to a group that listened to classical music while taking a test. The other half of the participants did not listen to music while taking a test. Which research method is most appropriate?

a)

sample survey

b)

experiment

c)

observational study

d)

census

18.

Jane Goodall lived among wild chimpanzees intermittently for decades, studying their social and family systems while keeping her interaction with the chimpanzees to a minimum. Which research method is most appropriate?

a)

biased study

b)

census

c)

experiment

d)

observational study

19.

A psychologist designed a study to test the effects of cell phone use on driving safety. Participants were randomly assigned either to drive an automobile simulator while talking to a friend on a cell phone or to drive a simulator without talking on a phone.

Which type of research does the scenario describe?

a)

Census

b)

Observational Study

c)

Sample Survey

d)

Experiment

20.

To test the effects of eating breakfast on test grades. I randomly select half of my students and feed them breakfast while giving the other half nothing to eat. I then give them all a test and compare the test grades of each group.

Is this an experiment or an observational study?

a)

Experiment

b)

Observational study

c)

Neither

d)

Both experiment and observational study.

21.

A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym. Is this sample biased or unbiased?

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

c)

Not able to be determined.

22.

Ghala wanted to know what the most popular book was in the whole school, so she asked everybody in 11th grade what their favorite book was. Which research method is most appropriate?

a)

Sample Survey

b)

Census

c)

Experiment

d)

Biased Sample

23.

Osman wanted to know what this weekends favorite movie was among RBHS students so he asked everyone at RBHS and counted the number of movie preferences.

Which research method is most appropriate?

a)

Census

b)

Sample Survey

c)

Experiment

d)

Biased Sample

24.

A researcher stood at a school parking lot entrance to see if the color of a car is related to the driver not wearing a seat belt.

Which research method is most appropriate?

a)

Observational Study

b)

Experiment

c)

Census

d)

Correlation

25.

Four groups of randomly selected people are assigned a different diet. After six months, the blood pressures of each group are compared.

Which research method is most appropriate?

a)

Observational Study

b)

Experiment

c)

Census

d)

Sample Survey