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- 1. Multiple Choice
Darren measures the heart rate of 10 randomly selected students in his Algebra 2 class. What is the population?
Darren's Algebra 2 class
The 10 randomly selected students
All students at Darren's high school
The students not selected
- 2. Multiple Choice
Darren measures the heart rate of 10 randomly selected students in his Algebra 2 class. What is the sample?
Darren's Algebra 2 class
The 10 randomly selected students
All students at Darren's high school
The students not selected
- 3. Multiple Choice
Sampling design where the population is divided into N groups and the a number of those groups are chosen to be part of the sample
Cluster
Random
Stratified
Convenience
- 4. Multiple Choice
Students ask every 5th person to board the train what their favorite color is. Which type of study method is described?
Experimental study
Statistical survey
Observational study
- 5. Multiple Choice
Students ask every 5th person to board the train what their favorite color is. Which type of sampling method is described?
Simple random sample
Cluster sample
Stratified sample
Systematic sample
- 6. Multiple Choice
Researchers randomly choose two groups from 15 volunteers. Over a period of 9 weeks, one group watches television before going to sleep, and the other does not. Which type of study method is described?
Experimental study
Observational study
Statistical survey
- 7. Multiple Choice
Identify the sampling method:
A trucking company places a card with their office phone number on the door step of every home within 5 miles of their office.
self-selected sample
cluster sample
convenience sample
simple random sample
- 8. Multiple Choice
Study based on data in which no treatments have been assigned to subjects
Experiment
Observational Study
Survey
Block
- 9. Multiple Choice
Describe the sampling method.
A restaurant chain's owners are trying to decide if they want to open up a franchise in your town. To help them decide, they want to find out how often people in your town go out to eat. A researcher interviews people leaving a local restaurant. Participants decide whether they will participate in the interview.
stratified sample
self-selected sample
cluster sample
convenience sample
- 10. Multiple Choice
Sampling design in which each set of n elements in the population has an equal chance of selection
Voluntary
Block
Simple Random
Cluster
- 11. Multiple Choice
What type of study is described?
Managers of a forest preserve want to know what percent of the visitors with dogs keep their dog on a leash. The park assigns an employee to count the numbers of visitors that do and do not use a leash.
statistical survey
observational study
experimental study
- 12. Multiple Choice
Describe the sampling method.
A manager surveys every fourth customer about their level of satisfaction with their shopping experience.
self-selected sample
convenience sample
stratified sample
systematic sample
cluster sample
- 13. Multiple Choice
Describe the sampling method.
When Sheila wanted to find out what type of music was most popular among the students in her history class, she asked the two students who sat on either side of her.
self-selected sample
convenience sample
stratified sample
systematic sample
cluster sample
- 14. Multiple Choice
Sampling design in which entire group is split into similar parts and then a few of them are chosen at random where every member is sampled
self-selected sample
convenience sample
stratified sample
systematic sample
cluster sample
- 15. Multiple Choice
Sampling design where individuals are chosen based on who is easily available
self-selected sample
convenience sample
stratified sample
systematic sample
cluster sample
- 16. Multiple Choice
Any systematic failure of a sampling method to represent its population
Bias
Distribution
Failure
Unbias
- 17. Multiple Choice
A sample that consists of the entire population
Statistic
Parameter
Census
Sample
- 18. Multiple Choice
Data identified by something other than numbers
Quantitative
Qualitative
- 19. Multiple Choice
Data identified by numerical value
Quantitative
Qualitative
- 20. Multiple Choice
Classifies data into categories that can be ranked
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
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