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- 1. Multiple ChoiceMrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys. This type of sampling is called?StratifiedSystematicSimpleCluster
- 2. Multiple ChoiceMrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?SimpleSystematicStratifiedCluster
- 3. Multiple ChoiceMrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom. This sampling technique is called?SimpleStratifiedSystematicCluster
- 4. Multiple ChoiceFarmer 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.SimpleClusterStratifiedSystematic
- 5. Multiple ChoiceFarmer 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.SimpleStratifiedClusterSystematic
- 6. Multiple ChoiceFarmer Joe randomly picks 100 trees using a random number generator to estimate the number of apples produced by his apple trees. This is ______________ sampling.SimpleStratifiedClusterSystematic
- 7. Multiple ChoiceFarmer Joe separates his farm into 10 regions. He then randomly selected 5 trees from each region to estimate the number of apples produced on his apple tree farm. This is _____________ sampling.ClusterSystematicStratifiedSimple
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn order to use samples to estimate something from the population, the sample should be _________________ the population.exactly the same asnothing likerepresentative oflarger than
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhen one examines the entire population instead of a subgroup of the population, this is called a ____________.SamplingCensusBias
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIf every individual in a population has the same chance of being included in a sample, the sample is a(n) _________ sample.Biased SampleConvenience SampleRandom SampleStratified Sample
- 11. 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
- 12. Multiple ChoiceTo study the amount of time students spend doing homework each day, use a random number generator to select 25 students from the student enrollment database to survey.Convenience SampleSimple Random SampleStratified Random SampleInterval Sample
- 13. Multiple ChoiceTo study the amount of time students spend doing homework each day, use a random number generator to select 25 freshmen, 25 sophomores, 25 juniors, and 25 seniors to survey.Convenience SampleSimple Random SampleStratified Random SampleInterval Sample
- 14. Multiple ChoiceTo determine the most popular type of cake amount all the students at your school, ask your entire math class.Cluster SampleSimple Random SampleStratified Random SampleInterval Sample
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA student wants to determine the favorite professional sport of students in her high school. Which of the following samples is most likely to giver her a representative sample?A random Sample of the students in the art honor societyA random sample of students on the basketball teamA random sample of students on the official school enrollment rosterA random sample of students in the library during lunch
- 16. 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 select every 3rd student who enters the library on Tuesday.Convenience Sample onlySimple Random SampleStratified Random SampleSystematic Sample
- 17. 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
- 18. 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 randomly select 20 students in the cafeteria during each of the three lunch periods on Monday.Convenience SampleSimple Random SampleStratified Random SampleInterval Sample
- 19. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: all samples lead to a good prediction about an entire population.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceMrs. Boyd wants to find the average height of all her students in her classes. She decides to use the first 5 people who walk in the door. Is this a good representative sample?YesNo
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThis sample consists of units of the population that are easily accessible.ClusterConvenienceVolunteerObservational
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis sample consists of units of the population that chose to respond.mandatorycensusvolunteerunbiased
- 23. Multiple ChoiceEvery possible group of units of the required size has the same chance of being the selected sample as any other sample of the same size.Simple RandomThoughtfulTypicalProportional
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThis 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.stratifiedclusterjudgmentexperimental
- 25. Multiple ChoiceUnits of the population are ordered in some fashion. Usually, every k-th unit is chosen.proportionalprobablestratifiedsystematic
- 26. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the sampling design: The LFCC registrar wants to investigate attitudes of their graduates. The registrar randomly selects 100 names from each of the four past graduating classes.clustervolunteerstratifiedsimple random
- 27. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the sampling design: Mr. Rhoades puts all of his students' names in a hat and randomly selects one without looking.clustervolunteersystematicsimple random
- 28. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the sampling design: Student government randomly samples 25 students of each of the four classes.stratifiedvolunteersystematicsimple random
- 29. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the sampling design: SCPS wants to survey its employees. They pick 4 schools from the county and survey every single employee in each of the 4 buildings.clustervolunteersystematicsimple random
- 30. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the sampling design: A campaign intern makes phone calls to ask questions to registered voters regarding their intention to vote on election day.clustervolunteersystematicsimple random
- 31. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the sampling design: Mr. Rhoades asks his roommate what his favorite TV show isclusterunbiasedstratifiedconvenience
- 32. Multiple Choice
If I tell you that you scored at the 60th percentile on your final exam, you would know:
60% of the class scored better than you
You got 60 in the exam
40% of the class scored better than you
You got 40 in the exam
- 33. Multiple Choice
The 75th percentile is also know as the
"Select as many answers as possible"
Q3
third quartile
First quartile
Upper quartile
Lower quartile
- 34. Multiple Choice
The 50th percentile is also know as the
"Select as many answers as possible"
Q2
Q1
Median
upper quartile
Second quartile
- 35. Multiple Choice
The 25th percentile is also know as the
"Select as many answers as possible"
Q2
Q1
lower quartile
upper quartile
First quartile
- 36. Multiple Choice
A test is given that has a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 13. If a student's z-score is 1, the student's score is:
70
83
57
Cannot be determined from the information given.
- 37. Multiple Choice
Women’s heights have a mean of 63.6 inches and a standard deviation of 2.5 inches. The z-score corresponding to a woman's height is 2.56. How tall is the woman?
24.42 in
70 in
28in
68.6in
- 38. Multiple ChoiceIf Gonzalo's score is 87, the class average is 82, and the SD is 4, what is Gonzalo's Z-score?-1.25+1.25+1.20+1.02
- 39. Multiple Choice
Seed your calculator with #3, then pull 5 numbers from 1 to 50.
2,23,45,37,19
12,29,34,21,4
43,2,12,18,5
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