Sampling Technique Scenarios

Directions: For each question below, please select the technique that most closely matches the description.

1. You work for a company as a quality control specialist. You want to check the current production of products for defects. Your factory has 5 different assembly lines. At the end of the day, you visit each assembly line and randomly choose four items to inspect.

Select an answer Simple Random Sample Stratified Random Sample Cluster Random Sample Systematic Random Sample Convenience Sample

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2. You want to investigate the voter's opinions on an upcoming issue for your city. You obtain a list of the registered voters and randomly select 100 names. You contact each of the randomly chosen voters and ask for their opinion.

Select an answer Simple Random Sample Stratified Random Sample Cluster Random Sample Systematic Random Sample Convenience Sample

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3. You work for a company as a quality control specialist. You want to check the current production of products for defects. You locate the finished products for the day and inspect the first 20 items you happen to see.

Select an answer Simple Random Sample Stratified Random Sample Cluster Random Sample Systematic Random Sample Convenience Sample

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4. You want to investigate the voter's opinions on an upcoming issue for your city. The city that you live in has 12 different neighborhoods. You randomly select 10 registered voters from each neighborhood and contact them to ask for their opinion.

Select an answer Simple Random Sample Stratified Random Sample Cluster Random Sample Systematic Random Sample Convenience Sample

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5. In a city, a list was obtained from each of the 5 neighborhoods in town, and five people were randomly chosen from each neighborhood to be interviewed by the city mayor.

Select an answer Simple Random Sample Stratified Random Sample Cluster Random Sample Systematic Random Sample Convenience Sample