Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| The average salary of all
workers in a auto manufacturing plant is $37,000 in a study about the plant. Does this
value describe a population parameter or a sample statistic? |  | | |
a. | Population Parameter | b. | Sample Statistic |
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Identify whether the following data set is a
population or a sample.
A study about the age of runners is being conducted on the contestants in a
marathon of over 200 runners. The researcher collects data only from the first 15 runners and
last 15 runners to finish the marathon.
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Identify the following data
set:
….a quality study is being conducted on every
20th battery made at a manufacturing plant.
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Which of the following is most likely to be a random sample?
a. | Bill uses a computer to randomly generate numbers to choose which senators to whom he
will send a letter | b. | Every fifth patron at a movie theater is
searched for weapons | c. | Every student at a high school is
surveyed | d. | Five statistics classes at Generic College are selected and each person in those
classes is surveyed |
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A traffic cop was stopping
every 5th car to check for insurance and license. What type of sampling method is
the cop using?
a. | Simple Random Sampling | c. | Systematic Sampling | b. | Stratified Sampling | d. | Convenience
Sampling |
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Which type of sampling method is being employed in the following
example:
“A newspaper reporter wants to know what the people of Georgia think
about the latest trades the Braves baseball team have made for an article but is running
late. So, the reporter decides to just ask people at the news office what they think to
provide a sample of the public’s opinion in the
article.”
a. | Simple Random
Sampling | d. | Sampling of
Convenience | b. | Stratified Sampling | e. | Systematic Sampling | c. | Cluster
Sampling |
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Which type of sampling method is
being employed in the following example:
“A post office manager was in charge of 11 postal delivery
people. He wanted to do a study on the customer’s level of satisfaction for the customers
he works with. So, he asked 3 of his delivery people to ask every person on their delivery
route to rate their satisfaction of mail service on a scale of 1 to
10.”
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a. | Simple Random
Sampling | d. | Sampling of
Convenience | b. | Stratified Sampling | e. | Systematic Sampling | c. | Cluster
Sampling |
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Which would be considered Qualitative data?
a. | A list of the tire pressure for each tire of every car in a
garage | b. | A list of the name brands for each tire of every car in a garage | c. | A list of tread
depth measures for each tire of every car in a garage | d. | A list of the measure of the diameters for each
tire of every car in a garage |
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| Which method of data collection is
used if you collect data for a study about the effects of a certain drug given to 10 patients and a
placebo given to another group of 10 patients to determine if the drug is effective? |  | | |
a. | Perform an experiment | c. | Take a census | b. | Use a simulation | d. | Use sampling |
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| Which
method of data collection would you use to gather data for a study to determine the effect of forest
fires on wildlife habitats? | | | |
a. | Perform an Experiment | b. | Observational study | c. | Take a
Census |
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You want to know the effect of a poisonous gas on human brain function. Which
method of data collection should you use?
a. | Perform an Experiment | c. | Take a Census | b. | Use a Simulation | d. | Use a Sampling |
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Which survey question has the least amount of bias?
a. | Why are vegetables good for you? | b. | How many hours of sleep do you
get? | c. | Do you think the media has a negative role in politics? | d. | Why are teen drivers
dangerous? |
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| In a study about adult health in
Gwinnett County, which method of data collection would have the least amount of bias? | | | |
a. | Surveying all the residents at 2 senior citizens’ facilities in Gwinnett one
day. | b. | Surveying everyone who just graduated from Phoenix High School this
year. | c. | Surveying every 3rd person leaving the a gym in Lawrenceville one
day. | d. | Surveying every resident in Lawrenceville, Duluth, and
Suwanee. |
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