Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Tell whether the samples are simple random or
systematic.
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Maxwell wants to find out where his graduating class we like to celebrate their
high school reunion. He calls every tenth person on his high school alumni list in order in order to
find out. Is the sample that he surveyed a random sample or a systematic sample?
a. | random sample | b. | systematic sample |
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Marcie wanted to find out how many people enjoyed the new romance/comedy that
came out this weekend. On Saturday, Marcie stood outside of the theater showing the movie and asked
every 5th person whether or not they liked the movie. Is the sample that she surveyed a random sample
or a systematic sample?
a. | random sample | b. | systematic sample |
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Joey has been invited to four parties this Saturday. He can’t decide which
one to go to so he writes each one down on a piece of paper and places them in a bag. He shakes the
bag to mix them up and then picks one. Is the sample that he surveyed a convenience or random
sample?
a. | random sample | c. | systematic sample | b. | convenience
sampling |
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Jared has a baseball card collection with over 500 cards. His friend believes
that Jared has baseball cards with New York Yankee players than any other team. Jared tries to prove
him wrong. Jared has his friend randomly select 125 baseball cards. Is the sample that he surveyed a
random sample or a systematic sample?
a. | random sample | b. | systematic sample |
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Lucy wants to find out what type of music the majority of people in her city
like. She was going to take a poll in front of a music store, but didn’t think
that the
sample would be large enough or that is would represent the population. Lucy decided to take a poll
in front of the zoo instead. Is the sample that she surveyed a convenience or random
sample?
a. | systematic sample | c. | convenience sampling | b. | random sample |
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