Types of Samples

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: Divide students into freshmen/sophomores and juniors/seniors and then conduct a survey about the amount of time spent studying.

• Systematic

• Simple Random

• Cluster

• Stratified

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: Randomly generate 5 area codes from the state of New York and count the number of high school students for each high school in the area code region.

• Systematic
• Simple Random
• Cluster
• Stratafied

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: Divide the users of the Internet into different age groups and then select a random sample from each age group to survey about the amount of time they spend on the Internet each month.

• Systematic
• Simple Random
• Cluster
• Stratafied

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: A psychologist uses a computer program to randomly select names from a list of students at a university.  The members of the sample will take a survey about student housing at the university. 

• Convenience
• Self-Selection
• Systematic
• Random

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: An orange grower wishes to compute the average yield from his orchard. The orchard contatins 3 varieties: 50% of his trees are variety A, 25% of variety B, 25% of variety C. Suppose that the grower selects for his sample a 10 by 30 rectangular block of 300 trees of variety A, a 10 by 15 block of 150 B trees, and a 10 by 15 block of 150 C trees. What type of sampling is being used?

• Stratified Sampling
• Cluster Sampling
• Simple Random Sampling
• Convenience Sampling

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: Ms. Dubovik samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list.  Which type of sampling method is this?

• Simple
• Systematic
• Stratified
• Cluster

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: Ms. Dubovik samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom.  This sampling technique is called?

• Simple
• Stratified
• Systematic
• Cluster

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: Ms. Dubovik samples her class by picking 10 numbers from her hat and each number is assigned to a student. This is ______________ random sampling.

• Systematic
• Simple
• Stratified
• Cluster

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: Farmer 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.

• Simple
• Cluster
• Stratified
• Systematic

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Determine the type of sampling used in the following scenario: 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
• Stratified
• Cluster
• Systematic

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4