This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Aptitude > Sampling Techniques – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sampling Techniques Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is a subset of a population that we take to analyze some property or variable of interest A) Parameter. B) Statistic. C) Infinite. D) Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sample. 2. Before a nationwide election, a polling place was trying to see who would win. Which choice represents the best and most realistic SAMPLE to take for this study? A) A selection of voters from one part of the nation. B) A random selection of voters of different ages. C) All voters. D) A selection of voters over age 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A random selection of voters of different ages. 3. The population is split into groups based on factors relevant to the research, then convenience sampling from each group is used. A) Convenience. B) Simple Random. C) Systematic. D) Stratified. E) Quota. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Quota. 4. Which of the following reasons explains why grass grows abundantly in a field but not in a wood? A) The woodland animals have eaten all the grass. B) The wood will be too sheltered from the wind. C) There is a higher light intensity in the field for photosynthesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is a higher light intensity in the field for photosynthesis. 5. A teacher chooses her "student of the week" by choosing a name out of a hat. What is this an example of? A) Simple Random Sampling. B) Systematic Sampling. C) Convenience Sampling. D) Quota Sampling. E) Stratified Sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Random Sampling. 6. From a list containing the names of 500 members of the alumni association, a sample of size 50 is obtained by including every 10th person in the list. What is the appropriate sampling technique in the situation? A) Convenience Sampling. B) Systematic Sampling. C) Simple Random Sampling. D) Stratified Sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systematic Sampling. 7. Which of the following is random sampling? A) Non-probability. B) Convenience. C) Purposive. D) Stratified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratified. 8. Surveying the students at the next band practice is an example of which type of sampling method? A) Convenience. B) Systematic. C) Simple Random. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convenience. 9. You survey every person in the food court at the mall. Which type of sampling method are you using? A) Convenience. B) Systematic. C) Simple Random. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convenience. 10. All of the sampling methods below are proper sampling methods involving randomness, except A) Cluster sampling. B) Convenience sampling. C) Systematic sampling. D) Stratified sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convenience sampling. 11. This is the easiest kind of sampling technique. A) Simple random sampling. B) Convenience sampling. C) Snowball sampling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convenience sampling. 12. An ( ..... ) is actually performing the event. A) Experiment. B) Observational study. C) Sample. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experiment. 13. A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of ..... A) An adaptation. B) Environment. C) Response. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adaptation. 14. What kind of sample technique is the following:Question every person in the movie theater parking lot. A) Convenience Sampling. B) Simple Random Sampling. C) Systematic Sampling. D) Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convenience Sampling. 15. A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.The number of doors is ..... data A) Qualitative. B) Continuous. C) Discrete. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discrete. 16. . From the given populations, which of the following sample is most likely tobe representatives of the population from which it is drawn? A) Population:lawmakers sample:students. B) Population:graduating students sample:grade 8 students. C) Population:online shoppers sample:cellphone users. D) Population:SAP beneficiaries sample:car owners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population:online shoppers sample:cellphone users. 17. You stop every fifth person coming out of the Apple store and ask what colour iPhone they purchased today. What is this an example of? A) Simple Random Sampling. B) Systematic Sampling. C) Convenience Sampling. D) Stratified Sampling. E) Quota Sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systematic Sampling. 18. 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 asked the principal to select every 3rd student who enters the school on Tuesday? A) Convenience Sample only. B) Simple Random Sample. C) Stratified Random Sample. D) Systematic Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Systematic Sample. 19. Sage wants to know which recreational activity is most popular in Heard County. Which survey question is the least biased prompt for collecting this data? A) Are you one of those country boys who hunts all the time?. B) Do you play those violent video games?. C) How do you like to spend your free time?. D) Do you sit at home and read books all the time?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How do you like to spend your free time?. 20. Mrs. Ramos groups the grade 7 students according to theirschool's last attended. She proportionately and randomly chooses studentsfrom each group. Which random sampling technique does she apply? A) . cluster. B) Systematic. C) . simple. D) Stratified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratified. 21. A type of non probability sampling where participants in the study were tasked to recruit other members for the study A) Convenience sampling. B) Purposive sampling. C) Quota sampling. D) Snowball sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snowball sampling. 22. Identify the type of sampling techniques"The registrar gave the researcher a list of 500 Grade 11 students. The researcher selected every 5th name on the list." A) Simple random sampling. B) Systematic sampling. C) Stratified sampling. D) Cluster sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systematic sampling. 23. Why do scientists use sampling techniques to gather population data rather than counting everything? A) Scientists are lazy. B) Sampling is more efficient and achievable. C) Sampling is more accurate. D) Scientists prefer estimations. E) Sampling is cheaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sampling is more efficient and achievable. 24. When using stratified sampling, researchers must identify the strata. This involves: A) Calculating the percentage proportions of people in the target population e.g. 70% being male or 20% being elderly etc. B) Calculating the nth term. C) Approaching people who are nearby and asking if they are available to take part. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calculating the percentage proportions of people in the target population e.g. 70% being male or 20% being elderly etc. 25. If I tell you that you scored at the 60th percentile on your final exam, you would know: A) You got 60 in the exam. B) 40% of the class scored better than you. C) You got 40 in the exam. D) 60% of the class scored better than you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40% of the class scored better than you. 26. What is a downfall to using population estimation methods? A) Estimations don't give us usable information. B) They are harmful to the environment. C) There is always at least some error involved. D) It is always a slow process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is always at least some error involved. 27. When sampling organisms in a certain area using a quadrat you also need to know ..... A) Area of the quadrats. B) Sum of area covered by quadrats and the field. C) Area of the field & area covered by quadrats. D) Area of the field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Area of the field & area covered by quadrats. 28. The group of individuals who actually have a chance of being selected for a survey is called the ..... The set of all individuals who belong to the group being studied by a survey is called the ..... A) Test group, population. B) Population, test group. C) Population, sample. D) Sample, population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sample, population. 29. A type of sampling that needs to select the sample size more than once. A) Systematic. B) Stratified. C) Simple. D) Multi-stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-stage. 30. For a statistics assignment, you pass out surveys to the first 25 GHC students you meet in the parking lot. A) Random sampling. B) Systematic sampling. C) Convenience sampling. D) Stratified sampling. E) Cluster sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convenience sampling. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesSampling Techniques Quiz 1Sampling Techniques Quiz 2Sampling Techniques Quiz 3Sampling Techniques Quiz 4Sampling Techniques Quiz 5Sampling Techniques Quiz 6Sampling Techniques Quiz 7Sampling Techniques Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books