Harper MTH165 Homework Section 1.2 Latest 2020 MAY

MTH165 ELEMENTARY STATISTICS

Homework Section 1.2

In this section you learned about several different sampling techniques.

What were the first 4 sampling techniques discussed in this section?

1.            Simple random sampling

2.            Stratified sampling

3.            Systematic sampling

4.            Cluster sampling

What was the last sampling technique discussed in this section (a bad one since this usually does not result in a representative sample)? __________________________

Fill in the following as you work through your given problems in MyOpenMath

1.            Fill in the following with the example of each type of sampling from your version of this question: Simple random sampling: The researchers list all of the heart attack patients. They then measure the cholesterol levels of randomly selected patients.

Stratified sampling: 

 Systematic sampling:

Cluster sampling:.

Convenience sampling:

2.            Fill in the following with the example of each type of sampling from your version of this question: Simple random sampling: The campus lists all of the students. They then collect data on whether or not the student is taking summer classes for randomly selected students.

Stratified sampling:

Systematic sampling:

Cluster sampling:

Convenience sampling: