Sampling Techniques Quiz 2 (30 MCQs)

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1. Mr. Punongbayan samples his class by picking 10 numbers from a box and each number is assigned to a student. This is ..... random sampling.
2. Chosen at random, 1819 patients who had outpatient surgery were sent a survey via U.S. mail and asked their opinion of the care they received.
3. Fundraisers for the GHC Foundation test a new telemarketing campaign by obtaining an alphabetical list of all GHC alumni and selecting every 100th name on the list, beginning with the first name.
4. Identify the sampling method:A high school wants to survey the attitudes of their graduates. The school randomly selects 100 names from groups of the four past graduating classes.
5. If a sample is representative of a population, data obtained from the sample can be used to make .....
6. Willy wants to find what percent of students at his school drink milk after they finish their cereal. He selects every tenth person who enters the school. What kind of sampling technique is used?
7. Which of the following is NOT a type of random sampling?
8. Mrs. Robinson asks the students to complete a survey about Imptime by placing the survey in Blackboard. This type of sampling is called?
9. Mrs. Dela Cruz samples her class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys. This type of sampling is called?
10. Tree kangaroos live in the upper branches of trees in the rainforests of Queensland, as well as on the island of New Guinea. This is an example of the tree kangaroos .....
11. What is the best way to place a quadrat?
12. What kind of sample technique is the following:Survey 130 names chosen out of a hat.
13. To determine the average reading level of third grade students in the school district, all students at three different elementary schools are tested.
14. Blood flows more smoothly through your body with a natural heart than a mechanical heart
15. There are 40 sheep on a farm.The colour of the sheep is ..... data
16. A type of non probability sampling where the samples are chosen based on the goals of the study. They may be chosen based on their knowledge of the study being conducted or if they satisfy the traits or conditions set by the researcher
17. At a police sobriety checkpoint, every fifth driver was stopped and interviewed by the local police department.
18. Asking some of the customers at a Bucees if pizza should be added to the menu.
19. Which of the following is random-sampling used for?
20. Motivated by a student who died from binge drinking, the College of Newport conducts a study of student drinking by randomly selecting 10 different classes and interviewing all of the students in each of those classes.
21. Identify the sampling technique used in the following study:A lobbyist has a list of 100 senators of the United States. In order to determine the Senate's position regarding farm subsidies, they decide to talk with every seventh senator on the list starting with the third.
22. For quality assurance, every twelfth engine part is selected from and assembly line and tested for durability.
23. What kind of sample technique is the following:Selecting 60 customers who have purchased your product and sending them a survey.
24. Which of the following is not a qualitative variable?
25. Identify the sampling design:Mr. Altenhof asks each family member what their favorite TV show is
26. The principal randomly selects four classes and surveys each student in those classes. What kind of sampling technique is used?
27. Which of these sampling methods introduces researcher bias?
28. A television station is interested in predicting whether voters in its viewing area are in favor of offshore drilling. It asks its viewers to phone in and indicate whether they support or are opposed to offshore drilling. This is an example of
29. Totality of all values (or measurements) of a particular characteristic for a specified group of objects that are of interest to the researcher.
30. Ms. Noelle gets a sample from her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?