Describe the type of sample used in each of the following scenarios. a) A proportionate number of boys and girls are randomly selected from a class. b) A software company randomly chooses a group of schools in a particular school district to test a new timetable program. c) A newspaper prints a questionnaire and invites its readers to mail in their responses. d) A telephone-survey company uses a random-number generator to select which households to call. e) An interviewer polls people passing by on the street.
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Describe the type of sample used in each of the following scenarios: A proportionate number of boys and girls are randomly selected from class. A software company randomly chooses a group of schools in a particular school district to test a new timetable program. A newspaper prints a questionnaire and invites its readers to mail in their responses. A telephone survey company uses a random-number generator to select which households to call. An interviewer polls people passing by on the street.
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Match the scenario with the correct type of sampling technique. A. Convenience B. Stratified C. Systematic D. Cluster 1. Select every 5th person in line to buy concert tickets. 2. Randomly select 5 counties in the state of Ohio and then study the enrollment at all of their high schools. 3. Take a random sample of students from each of the 5 grade levels at a local elementary school and study if they pack or buy their lunch. 4. Ask 10 classmates what their degree program is during your stats class.
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Match the name of the sampling method descriptions given. Situations separating all students by grade level, and selecting 10 students from each grade. Call every 10th phone number on every 5th page of the phone book. Selecting classroom number at random, then surveying all the students in that room. Asking people on the street. Writing everyone's name on a playing card, shuffling the deck, then choosing the top 20 cards. Sampling Method a. Stratified b. Simple Random c. Cluster d. Systematic e. Convenience
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