Identification Based on 12,500 responses from 42,000 surveys sent

The group of individuals who actually have a chance to its alumni, a major university estimated that the
of being selected for a survey is called annual salary of its alumni was 92,500.
 Sampling Frame  Random / Simple Random Sampling
The set of all individuals who belong to the group A community college student interviews everyone in
being studied by a survey is called a biology class to determine the percentage of
 Population students that own a car.
The number of units in a sample  Convenience
 Sample size A market researcher randomly selects 200 drivers
Key feature of the selection process of probability under 35 years of age and 100 drivers over 35 years
sampling of age.
 Randomization  Stratified
Identify the population and the sample: All of the teachers from 85 randomly selected
A survey of 1353 households found that 18% of the nation’s middle schools were interviewed
households use alternative medicine.  Cluster
 Population: All households To avoid working late, the quality control manager
 Sample: collection of 1353 households inspects the last 10 items produced that day.
surveyed  Convenience
The average weight of every sixth person entering The names of 70 contestants are written on 70 cards,
the hospital within 3 hour period was 146 lb. the cards are placed in a bag, and three names are
 population: all people entering the hospital picked from the bag.
within the assigned 3 hour period  Random / Simple Random Sampling
 sample: every 6th person entering the Identification
hospital within the 3 hour period This sampling technique can be used in infinite
Determine whether the numerical value is a population
parameter or a statistics.  Systematic Sampling
A recent survey by the alumni of a major university This is the most popular and simplest method of
indicated that the average salary of 10 , 000 of its simple random sampling
300,000 graduates was 125 , 000 .  Lottery Method
 statistics Multiple Choice
The average salary of all medical technologists 1. If the researcher is interested in conducting a study
employees at a certain laboratory is P20,000. on dropouts in a certain university then a student
 Parameter who is a dropout in that university should be
Identify the sampling technique used (random, included in the sample, this situation pertains to,
cluster, stratified, convenience, systematic): 9 - 18 A. Accidental sampling
Every fifth person boarding a plane is searched B. Purposive Sampling
thoroughly C. Simple Random Sampling
 Systematic D. Quota Sampling
At a local community College, five math classes are 2. This is similar to quota sampling except that after
randomly selected out of 20 and all of the students determining the percentages to be included from
from each class are interviewed. each subgroup, random sampling is used.
 Cluster A.Systematic sampling
A researcher randomly selects and interviews fifty B.Multi –stage Sampling
male and fifty female teachers. C.Stratified Sampling
 Stratified D.Cluster Sampling
A researcher for an airline interviews all of the 3. Why do we randomly select our samples?
passengers on five randomly selected flights. A. To increase bias
 Cluster B. Because it’s easier
C. To reduce bias
D. So we don’t get same answer from everyone
4. Interview the first 30 students who enter the
school in the morning.
A. Simple Random Sampling
B. Voluntary Response
C. Systematic Sampling
D. Convenience Sampling
5. A teacher wants to know the average time spent
doing homework by the students in her class of 20
girls and 5 boys. She selects the first five who raise
their hands.
A. Simple Random Sampling
B.Voluntary Response
C.Systematic Sampling
D.Convenience Sampling
Problem Solving
1. What should be the representative sample size if
the population from which the sample will be taken
is 12,679 and the desired margin of error is 2%? Show
your solution
 N = 2088
2. What will be the sample size if the standard value
is 2.58 with a population size 525?
 196
3. What is the sampling error if the population is
6732 and the sample size of medical doctors are 333?
 5.34%
4. At the end of every school year, the state
administers a reading test to a sample of 36 third
graders. The school system has 20,000 third graders,
half boys and half girls. The results from last year's
test are shown in the table below. Find the sample
size using 95% confidence interval.

 Girls : 43
 Boys : 101