Types of Sampling

You want to determine whether students in your school like the new design of the school’s website.  Identify the type of sample described.

You list all of the students alphabetically and choose every sixth student.

• Self-selected Sample

• Systematic Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

You want to determine whether students in your school like the new design of the school’s website.  Identify the type of sample described.

You mail questionnaires and use only the questionnaires that are returned. 

• Self-selected Sample

• Systematic Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

You want to determine whether students in your school like the new design of the school’s website.  Identify the type of sample described.

  You ask all of the students in your algebra class. 

• Self-selected Sample

• Systematic Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

You want to determine whether students in your school like the new design of the school’s website.  Identify the type of sample described.

  You randomly select two students from each classroom. 

• Self-selected Sample

• Systematic Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

You want to determine whether the people in your neighborhood like the new social medial website that provides neighborhood updates.  Identify the type of sample described.

You ask all of the neighbors on the block where you reside. 

• Self-selected Sample

• Systematic Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

You want to determine whether the people in your neighborhood like the new social medial website that provides neighborhood updates.  Identify the type of sample described.

You randomly select a neighbor from each block in the neighborhood. 

• Self-selected Sample

• Systematic Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

You want to determine whether the people in your neighborhood like the new social medial website that provides neighborhood updates.  Identify the type of sample described.

   You email a questionnaire to each neighbor and use only the questionnaires that are returned

• Self-selected Sample

• Systematic Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

Identify the type of sample.

The principal asks students at one lunch table able the quality of food served in the school’s cafeteria. 

• Self-selected Sample

• Random Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

Identify the type of sample. A sports announcer wants to know how often people in town attend community sporting events.  She asks every tenth person in attendance at a local soccer game. 

• Systemic Sample

• Random Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample

Identify the type of sample.   

A news organization asks its viewers to participate in an online poll about bullying.  (self-selected, people who go online and respond to the poll most likely have a strong opinion on the subject of bullying)

• Systemic Sample

• Self-Selected Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Cluster Sample

• Convenience Sample