Sampling Types

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“The principal of Meadow creek High School is conducting an in depth study of the graduates since he has been there. First, he creates a list of every student that has graduated since he has been principal and assigns each graduate a number 1 to 1241. He, then has a computer randomly select 40 numbers between 1 and 1241 to determine which students he will include in his sample.”

• Simple Random Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“A huge line has formed at the Apple store. The customers are waiting to purchase the new iPhone 6s. A new reporter decides to ask every 5th person why they prefer iPhones over Android based phones.”

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Systematic Sampling

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“In order to test out a new dessert available at Chili’s restaurants in the metro-Atlanta, everyone at 6 selected Chili’s locations are offered to try the new dessert for free on one weekend.”

• Stratified Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Systematic Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“A newspaper reporter wants to know what the people of Georgia think about the latest trades the Braves baseball team have made for an article but is running late. So, the reporter decides to just ask people at the news office what they think to provide a sample of the public’s opinion in the article.”

• Simple Random Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“A study is being conducted at a ride at six flags, where every 5th person is asked how long they had to wait in line.”

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Stratified Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“A study was being conducted after a tsunami. The researcher was trying to assess the needs of the victims in a single downtown high rise apartment building . So, she sent a messenger to ask one person on each floor what their needs were to get an idea of what was needed to support the people in the building.”

• Stratified Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“A post office manager was in charge of 11 postal delivery people. He wanted to do a study on the customer’s level of satisfaction for the customers he works with. So, he asked 3 of his delivery people to ask every person on their delivery route to rate their satisfaction of mail service on a scale of 1 to 10.”

• Systematic Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Cluster Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“A person is trying to decide between two different tablets. So, the person asks a few customers standing at the technology counter in the department store if they like the iPads or the Android based tablets.”

• Simple Random Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following example:

“A survey is being conducted about student’s perceptions of Meadow creek High School. So, an office administrator creates a numbered list of all students in the school on an Excel spreadsheet and has the Excel spreadsheet randomly sort the students. Finally, she selects the top 50 students in the randomly sorted list to be surveyed.”

• Systematic Sampling

• Sampling of Convenience

• Simple Random Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Cluster Sampling