Sampling Methods Quiz

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?

The population is divided into groups of similar individuals. Random samples are taken from each group and then combined to form the overall sample.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

The population is divided into subsets located near each other. A random sample is taken of subsets and all individuals in the selected subsets are sampled.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

A sample is chosen in such a way that every individual in the population and every subset of size n in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

To sample the average number of pages for the books in the school library, the librarian randomly selects 100 books from each book type: fiction, biography, history, and scientific.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

To sample the number of pages for books in the school library, a librarian numbers the shelves in the library and randomly selects a few shelves of books and samples all books on those shelves.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

Q. Which Sampling Method is This?

A member of congress reports that 871 of 1128 letters received by her office oppose the legislation.

• SRS

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

• Voluntary Response

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

A lumber company samples the proportion of trees in a large forest that are ready to be cut down by using a aerial map to divide the forest in 200 equal-sized rectangles and sampling all the trees in 20 randomly selected rectangles.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

To sample the proportion of South students who use Twitter, every 30th student who enters the school building is surveyed.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

To sample students to use a new computer program, students rolled a die as they entered the classroom and those rolling a '5' were assigned to the new program.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

Q. What Sampling Method is This?

A marketing company offers a $10 off coupon for anyone who will complete their online survey.

• SRS

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

• Voluntary Response

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3