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- 1. Multiple ChoiceSource of bias in which people CHOOSE to respond and usually only people with very strong opinions respond.Response BiasUndercoverageConvenience SamplingVoluntary Response
- 2. Multiple ChoiceSource of bias that occurs when you ask people who are EASY to ask.Response BiasConvenience SamplingNonresponseVoluntary Response
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy do we randomly select our samples?For controlReduce biasSo we don't get the same answers from everyone
- 4. Multiple Choice
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:
Simple Random Sample
Systematic Sampling
Voluntary Response
- 5. Multiple Choice
A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.
She selects the five closest to her desk.
Simple Random Sample
Voluntary Response
Convenience
Systematic Random
- 6. Multiple Choice
At the beginning of the year, instruct each hospital to survey every 100th patient discharged.
Simple Random Sampling
Systematic Sampling
Cluster Sampling
Stratified Sampling
- 7. Multiple Choice
You are determining the favorite fast food restaurant of students at your school. Which of the following would provide random and unbiased data?
Survey everyone leaving McDonalds close to school.
Survey everyone on the basketball team.
Survey a random smart lunch study hall.
Survey a group of students at the Gym.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Farmer Joe's apple tree farm is set up in 100 rows. He counts the number of apples produced on every 10th row to estimate the number apples produced on the whole farm. This is _____________ sampling.
Simple Random Sampling
Stratified Sampling
Cluster Sampling
Systematic Sampling
- 9. Multiple Choice
If every individual in a population has the same chance of being included in a sample, the sample is a(n) _________ sample.
Biased Sample
Convenience Sample
Simple Random Sample
Stratified Sample
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTo find out what the preferred ice cream flavor is, wait outside an ice cream parlor and ask every 4th person leaving the store to name his or her favorite flavor until you get 25 responses is an example of...Convenience SampleSimple Random SampleStratified Random SampleSystematic Sample
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe school librarian wants to determine how many students use the library on a regular basis. What type of sampling method would she use if she chose to use a random number generator to randomly select 50 students from the school's attendance roster.Convenience SampleSimple Random SampleStratified Random SampleInterval Sample
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT affected by time?Giving a survey of 100 questionsCommenting on a video that is 30 min longFilling out a poll on Facebook
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