IAM - 5A Sampling Methods

Identify sampling method used: Every 200th quart of ice cream off the assembly line is tested for taste & consistency.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: Choose 3 winners of the door prize by randomly drawing tickets out of a bag.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: Choose 3 students from each classroom to rate the lunch quality.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: Student organization looking to get signatures for a petition camp out in front of lecture hall.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: SSelect 5 students from class to receive ice cream by putting all student names in hat & picking out 5 names randomly

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: Select 6 female students and 7 male students to receive ice cream by putting all the men's names in one hat and all the women's names in a different hat and picking out three names from each hat.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: Priceline.com randomly e-mails a Customer Satisfaction Survey for certain tranactions done on its site in which customers choose to either respond or not.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: A hockey card collector opens a drawer of sorted cards & selecting a random starting point, takes out every 5th card.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: You are conducting a survey of students in a dorm. You choose your sample by knocking on the door of every 10th room

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Identify sampling method used: To survey opinions on a possible property tax increase, a reserch firm randomly draws the addresses of 150 homeowners from a public list of all homeowners.

• Convenience Sampling

• Simple Random Sample

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling