A market researcher polled every tenth person who walks into a store. What type of sampling was used?
- D. Systematic
The first 50 people who walk into a sporting event are polled on their television preferences. What type
of sampling was used? - A. Convenience
What is the sampling method used in the following scenario? A teacher wants to know if her students
are doing homework, so she randomly selects rows two and five and then calls on all students in row
two and all students in row five to present the solutions to homework problems to the class. - C. cluster
What was the sampling method that was used in the scenario? A study was done to determine the age,
the number of times per week, and the duration (amount of time) of residents using a local park in San
Antonio, Texas. The first house in the neighborhood around the park was selected randomly, and then
the resident of every eighth house in the neighborhood around the park was interviewed. - C. systematic
"Number of times per week" is what type of data in the scenario? A study was done to determine the
age, the number of times per week, and the duration (amount of time) of residents using a local park in
San Antonio, Texas. The first house in the neighborhood around the park was selected randomly, and
then the resident of every eighth house in the neighborhood around the park was interviewed. - B.
Quantitative Discrete
What is the term for a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values? - variable
A Lake Tahoe Community College instructor is interested in the mean number of days Lake Tahoe
Community College math students are absent from class during a quarter. X = number of days a Lake
Tahoe Community College math student is absent The instructor's sample produces a mean number of
days absent of 3.5 days. This value is an example of a: - A. parameter
Ski resorts are interested in the mean age that children take their first ski and snowboard lessons. They
need this information to plan their ski classes optimally. Identify the sample. - C. all children who take ski
or snowboard lessons
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