Sampling Techniques Quiz 8 (30 MCQs)

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1. Identify the type of sampling techniques"The office clerk gave the researcher a list of 500 Grade 11 students. The researcher selected every 20th name on the list."
2. What is the parameter used in normal distribution?
3. What sampling method are you using if you survey every 12th customer that enters the amusement park.
4. A farmer wants to estimate the number of rabbits on his farm.On Monday he catches 120 rabbits.He puts a tag on each rabbit.He then lets the rabbits run away.On Tuesday the farmer catches 70 rabbits.15 of these rabbits have a tag on them.Work out an estimate for the total number of rabbits on the farm.
5. A school chooses 3 randomly selected athletes from each of its sports teams to participate in a survey about athletics at the school. What kind of sampling technique is used?
6. A type of probability sampling where Instead of sampling individuals from each subgroup, the researcher randomly select the entire subgroups.
7. The rules for normal distribution, except
8. A teacher samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?
9. A teacher samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom. This sampling technique is called?
10. All the organisms that live and interact in an ecosystem
11. Which adaptation (for the underlined animal) serves the function of defense?
12. A type of sampling that rely on the subjective judgment of the researcher
13. What kind of sample technique is the following:Question every 5th person you see in the school hallway.
14. Which of the following is a blood vessel?
15. What level of ecological organization would include all squirrels that live in the same area?
16. What kind of sample technique is the following:Survey the students in your classroom.
17. Which of the following does not belong to Simple Random Sampling?
18. Which sampling method involves choosing every "nth" person on a list?
19. The school librarian wants to determine how many students use the library on a regular basis. What type of sampling method would she use if she choose to select every 5th student who enters the library on Tuesday.
20. Birch Run residents are asked their opinion about a new highway on/off ramp that might possibly be built. What kind of sampling of Saginaw County is this if only BR residents are being selected?
21. The Dean of Mathematics uses a random number generator to generate 100 GHC ID numbers. Each student whose ID is generated will participate in the study.
22. Which organism can be measured with a quadrat?
23. Mrs. Ramos writes each name of all grade 7 students on smallpieces of paper, he then put them in a box and draws 300 names toparticipate in the study. Which random sampling technique does she apply?
24. The school librarian wants to determine how many students use the library on a regular basis. What type of sampling method would she be using if she chose to use a random number generator to randomly select 50 students from the school's attendance roster?
25. There is a rule applied to choose the sample. Put a Population in some order and select every "kth" Member
26. Mr. Crayton samples his class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys. This type of sampling is called?
27. This sample is based only by WATCHING what is already happening.
28. Quadrats are used to estimate the number of .....
29. Conservationists want to find the population of a species of mountain goat. On one day they capture 12 goats, tag them and release. A week later they capture 8 goats, 5 of which are tagged. What would the estimate of the population be?
30. Identify the bias:The school sends a questionnaire home to all parents about a new policy they are looking to put into effect. They need to be completed and sent back with the student.