Multiple Choice Questions
on
Sampling
1. A professor used probability sampling by selecting 3
girls and 5 boys from her B.S. class. Which of the following methods of sampling
will be used?
i. Simple
ii. Stratified
iii. Cluster
iv. Systematic.
2. A salesman selects every 5th shop in the market.
Which type of sampling method is this?
i. Quota
ii. Purposive
iii. Cluster
iv. Systematic.
3. A professor samples his class by selecting all
students sitting in groups 1 and 5 in his classroom. This sampling
technique is called?
i. Simple
ii. Stratified
iii. Cluster
iv. Convenient
4. Which of the following methods of sampling is used if
a sales manager selects 10 numbers from his hat and each number is assigned to a
shop?
i. Simple
ii. Stratified
iii. Cluster
iv. Systematic.
5. A farmer selects 5 apple trees by using random numbers
to estimate the number of apples by his apple trees. Which sampling method
is used in this?
i. Simple
ii. Stratified
iii. Cluster
iv. Systematic.
6. In order to use samples to estimate something from the population, the sample should be...
Of the population.
i. Exactly the same as
ii. Nothing like
iii. Representative
iv. Larger than
7. When one examines the entire population instead of a
subgroup of the population, it is called
i. Sampling
ii. Bias
iii. Census
iv. Sample
8. If every individual in a population has the same
chance of being included in a sample, The sampling is called
i. Simple
ii. Stratified
iii. Cluster
iv. Systematic.
9. To find out what the preferred ice cream flavor is,
wait outside an ice cream parlor and ask every fifth person leaving the parlor
to name his/her favorite flavor until you get 100 responses. This is an example of
i. Simple
ii. Stratified
iii. Cluster
iv. Systematic.
10. To study the amount of time spent doing homework each
day. Use a random number generator to select 25 students from the student’s
enrollment database. Which of the following methods of sampling is used?
i. Simple
ii. Stratified
iii. Convenience
iv. Systematic.
11. To study the amount of time spent doing homework each
day. Use a random number generator to select 25 freshmen, 25 sophomores, 25
juniors, and 25 seniors to survey. Which of the following methods of sampling is
used?
i. Simple
ii. Stratified
iii. Convenience
iv. Cluster.
12. In stratified random sampling, the sample drawn randomly from the strata is classified as:
i. Sub strata
ii. Sub sample
iii. Direct subgroup
iv. Indirect subgroup
13. The method of sampling is useful to study the effect of inflation on the residents of a town who reside in three categories of people: lower income, medium income, and high income.
i. Simple Random sampling
ii. Stratified Random sampling
iii. Systematic Random sampling
iv. Cluster Random sampling
14. The stratified and simple random sampling are equally efficient when
i. Strata variances are constant.
ii. Under proportional
iii. Sample size is large
iv. Both i) & ii).
15. In a study, the radio advertiser divides the population into five separate groups and then selects a simple random sample from each group. This method of random sampling is called:
i. stratified random sampling.
ii. Volunteer sampling.
iii. Simple random sampling.
iv. Systematic random sampling.
16. Which of the following terms is used for the sample value?
i. variable
ii. parameter
iii. data
iv. statistic
17. Which of these isn't a probability sampling?
i. cluster sampling
ii. stratified sampling
iii. quota sampling
iv. simple random sampling
18. When the available population is _____, we use a stratified sample.
i. too small
ii. very large
iii. homogeneous
iv. heterogeneous
19. Our goal while using non-probability sampling is __.
i. pilot studies
ii. qualitative research
iii. exploratory research
iv. all the mentioned options
20. Snowball sampling falls into the ___ category.
i. random sampling
ii. probability sampling
iii. quota sampling
iv. nonprobability sampling
21. Sample is known to be the subset of?
i. population
ii. data
iii. set
iv. information
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