AP Stats Sampling/Bias

Identify the sampling method:

Every fifth person boarding a plane is searched thoroughly.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Voluntary Response

Identify the sampling method:

At a local community College, five math classes are randomly selected out of 20 and all of the students from each class are interviewed.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Systematic

• Convenience

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Identify the sampling method:

A researcher randomly selects and interviews fifty male and fifty female teachers.

• SRS

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience

Identify the sampling method:

A researcher for an airline interviews all of the passengers on five randomly selected flights.

• SRS

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Identify the sampling method:

Based on 12,500 responses from 42,000 surveys sent to its alumni, a major university estimated that the annual salary of its alumni was 92,500.

• SRS

• Cluster

• Stratified

• Convenience

• Voluntary Response

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Identify the sampling method:

A community college student interviews the first 100 students to enter the building to determine the percentage of students that own a car.

• SRS

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience

• Voluntary Response

Identify the sampling method:

To avoid working late, the quality control manager inspects the last 10 items produced that day.

• SRS

• Systematic

• Convenience

• Voluntary Response

• Cluster

Identify the sampling method:

The names of 70 contestants are written on 70 cards, The cards are placed in a bag, and three names are picked from the bag.

• SRS

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A company wants to know the opinion of a rural community on a proposed ballot initiative. Half of the community does not have internet access, so the company sends emails to the 380 members that do have internet access. Of those surveyed, 372 of the community members responded to the survey. Which of the following is the most significant source of bias in the survey?

• Voluntary Response Bias

• Undercoverage

• Nonresponse Bias

• Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A radio station is discussing a controversial policy enacted by the local police department. They poll listeners by having them call in to the radio station. Which of the following is the most significant source of bias?

• Leading questions on the survey

• Voluntary Response Bias

• Survivorship Bias

• Undercoverage

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.6