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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAccording to a random telephone survey of 200 adults, 75% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. What is the population in this survey?200 adultsadults in the U.S.75% of adults
- 2. Multiple ChoiceZoie completes a report by asking 70 students across campus. She found that 48% of CTMS students do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. What is the sample size?4810070CTMS students
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA recent survey of 800 seventh graders from across the state shows 4 out of 10 like to play paper football. How many students said they like to play paper football?40 students200 students320 students8,000 students
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA school randomly chose ten English teachers and asked them which type of juice their students would prefer. Which reason best shows why this sample is not a good sample in this case?The sample didn't include students.The sample is too small.The sample can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAna wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?thirty students who are often tardythirty students who are rarely tardythirty of her friendsthirty randomly selected students from her school
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe entire group studied is called thesamplepopulation
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe part of the population being studied is called thepopulationsamplerandom
- 8. Multiple ChoiceLeslie surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school. Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative of all the students in the school?yesno
- 9. Multiple Choice
Sporting Illustrated collects data on its readers by asking them to fill out and send in a survey from the June issue.
Convenience
Systematic
Stratified
Simple Random
- 10. Multiple Choice
A group of lobbyists has a list of 100 senators. They decide to talk to every 7th senator on the list about their position on farm subsidies.
Convenience
Systematic
Stratified
Simple Random
- 11. Multiple Choice
A teacher puts all her students' names in hat, then selects 3 names from the hat. These students will take a standardized test.
Convenience
Systematic
Stratified
Simple Random
- 12. Multiple Choice
The president of a college randomly selects 2 students from each department to serve on a student advisory board.
Convenience
Systematic
Stratified
Simple Random
- 13. Multiple Choice
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:
Self-Selected
Convenience Sampling
Simple Random Sampling
Systematic Random Sampling
- 14. 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
Self Selected.
Convenience
Systematic Random
- 15. 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 picks the student in every 5th seat.
Simple Random
Systematic
voluntary response
convenience
- 16. Multiple Choice
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:
Simple Random Sample
Stratified Random Sample
Cluster Random Sample
Systematic Random Sampling
- 17. Multiple Choice
A teacher hands out an index card and asks ALL of her students to write down the following information: age, height (in inches), and what grade they are in.
Which of the following best describes her method of data collection?
Census
Simple Random Sample
Cluster Random Sample
Stratified Random Sample
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA ___ is a large group that includes everything being studied.SampleStratified Sampling MethodPopulationVoluntary-Response
- 19. Multiple Choice
State the type of sample.
In order to determine the average IQ of ninth-grade students, a school psychologist obtains a list of all schools in the local public school system. She randomly selects five of these schools and administers an IQ test to all ninth-grade students at the selected schools.
Stratified Random Sample
Cluster Sample
SRS
Random Sample
- 20. Multiple Choice
State the type of sample.
A radio station asks its listeners to call in their opinion regarding the use of American forces in peacekeeping missions.
Voluntary Response Sample
Cluster Sample
Convenience Sample
Stratified Random Sample
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