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- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 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
Self Selected.
Convenience
Systematic Random
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA ___ is a large group that includes everything being studied.SampleStratified Sampling MethodPopulationVoluntary-Response
- 9. 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
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.Systematic Sampling MethodSamplePopulationBias
- 11. Multiple ChoiceInterview the first 30 students who enter the school in the morning.simple randomvoluntary responsesystematicconvenience
- 12. Multiple ChoiceMarianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She places all students' names in a container and picks out 20 to survey.Convenience SamplingSystematic SamplingRandom SamplingVolunteer response
- 13. Fill in the Blank
If you survey every third house on a street, what type of sampling technique are you using?
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