1. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys. This type of sampling is called?

A) Stratified B)Systematic C) Simple D) Cluster

2. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?
A) Simple B)Systematic C)Stratified D) Cluster
3. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom. This sampling technique is
called?
A) Simple B) Stratified C) Systematic D) Cluster
4. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by picking 10 numbers from her hat and each number is assigned to a student. This is
______________ random sampling.
A) Systematic B) Simple C) Stratified D) Cluster
5. Farmer Joe separates his apple tree farm into 10 regions. He counts the number of apples produced in just one of the regions and
uses that estimate to predict the number of apples produced on the whole farm. This is _______ sampling.
A) Simple B) Cluster C)Stratified D) Systematic
6. Farmer Joe's apple tree farm is set up in 100 rows. He counts the number of apples produced on every 10th row to estimate the
number apples produced on the whole farm. This is _____________ sampling.
A) Simple B)Stratified C)Cluster D)Systematic
7. Farmer Joe randomly picks 100 trees using a random number generator to estimate the number of apples produced by his apple
trees. This is ______________ sampling.
A) Simple B) Stratified C) Cluster D) Systematic
8. Farmer Joe separates his farm into 10 regions. He then randomly selected 5 trees from each region to estimate the number of
apples produced on his apple tree farm. This is _____________ sampling.
A) Cluster B)Systematic C)Stratified D)Simple
9. In order to use samples to estimate something from the population, the sample should be _________________ the population.
A) exactly the same as B)nothing like C)representative of D)larger than
10. When one examines the entire population instead of a subgroup of the population, this is called a ____________.
A) Sampling B)Census C)Bias D) Target
11. 6 Suppose that a researcher conducted a study of student morale in a middle school. The researcher wanted to generalize
the results to all middle school students in the district. Under which of the following conditions would ecological
generalizability have been threatened?
A) the school is located in a high socioeconomic neighborhood
B) the school is an all-girls school
C) the school is a private school
D) this is the first year in a new school building
12. 7 Questions 7 to 9 refer to the following research situation:

13. A researcher who wanted to determine the benefits of using a new beginning algebra study technique obtained permission
from a school district to select 50 high school students. The researcher selected 50 beginning algebra students at random.
The researcher selected 25 of these 50 students to participate in the new study program. The researcher gave a training
session on traditional study techniques to the other 25 students and asked them to use these methods.
14. The most likely target population in this study is
A) algebra students in the district.
B) all students in the district.
C) all algebra students.
D) the 25 students who learned the new study techniques.
15. 9 The greatest threat to external validity in this study is
A) the division of the sample into two groups of 25.
B) the use of only 50 students in the sample.
C) the use of students from only one district.
D) the use of only two different study techniques.
16. 10 Which of the following is not an example of a random sampling method?
A) systematic sampling
B) stratified random sampling
C) simple random sampling
D) cluster random
17. 13 The purpose of stratified random sampling is to make certain that
A) every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.
B) the sample proportionately represents individuals from different categories of the population.
C) the participants chosen for the study are the ones most likely to react to the treatment.
 D) the sample is more representative of the target population than the accessible population.
18. 14 Population generalizability refers to
A) conclusions researchers make about a random sample.
B) conclusions researchers make about information uncovered in research study.
C) the degree to which a sample represents the population of interest.
D) the degree to which results of a study can be extended to other settings or conditions.
19. 15 The degree to which results of a study can be extended to other settings or conditions describes
A) population generalizability.
B) conclusions researchers make about a random sample.
C) conclusions researchers make about information uncovered in research study.
D) ecological generalizability.

20. Lauren wants to know which location in her apartment is best for growing African violets. She has three African violets. She puts one on
the balcony, one by the kitchen window, and one on the mantel in the living room. Each plant has the same size pot and the same soil, and
Lauren gives each plant the same amount of water.The 2 variables: 1. location of plants 2. how the plants grow Which one is the independent
variable (IV)?

21. Does heating a cup of water allow it to dissolve more sugar? The 2 variables: 1. water temperature 2. amount of dissolved sugar What is
the dependent variable (DV)?

22. A student conducted an investigation to study the rate of diffusion of some chemicals. The observations were recorded in the table given
below:

Which of the following is an independent variable in this investigation?

A) Velocity of the diffused particles.

B) Diffusion distance
C) Duration of the experiment
D) Quantity of chemicals used
23. A scientist conducted an experiment to study the effect of a pesticide on fruit flies. He kept 10 fruit flies in jar A containing no pesticide
and 10 fruit flies in jar B containing pesticide.The results are shown in the graph below.

Which of the following variables is independent in this experiment?

A) Number of fruit flies used in the experiment.

B) Presence of pesticide
C) Survival rate of the fruit flies
 D) Number of jars used in the experiment

24. A student conducted an experiment to prove that decreasing light intensity reduces the rate of photosynthesis in an
Elodea plant. The observations were recorded as given below.

Which of the following is a dependent variable in the above experiment?

A) Distance of the plant from the light source.

B) Rate of production of oxygen bubbles.
C) Quantity of water used.
D) Duration of the experiment.

25. A student performed an experiment to study the rate of diffusion of some chemicals. The results were
recorded in the table given below:

Which of the following is a dependent variable in the student's experiment?

A) Diffusion distance
B) Duration of the experiment
C) Molecular weight of the chemicals
D) Composition of the chemicals used
26. An experiment was performed to study the rate of diffusion of some chemicals. Which of the following
independent variables need to be varied in this experiment?
A) Molecular size of the chemicals
B) Duration of the experiment
C) Molecular weight of the chemicals
D) Concentration of the chemicals used
27. If every individual in a population has the same chance of being included in a sample, the sample is a(n) _________ sample.

A) Biased Sample B)Convenience Sample C)Random Sample D)Stratified Sample

28. To find out what the preferred ice cream flavor is, wait outside an ice cream parlor and ask every 4th person leaving the
store to name his or her favorite flavor until you get 25 responses is an example of...

A) Convenience Sample B)Simple Random Sample C)Stratified Random Sample D)Systematic Sample
29. To study the amount of time students spend doing homework each day, use a random number generator to select 25
students from the student enrollment database to survey.

A) Convenience Sample B)Simple Random Sample C)Stratified Random Sample D)Interval Sample

30. To study the amount of time students spend doing homework each day, use a random number generator to select 25
freshmen, 25 sophomores, 25 juniors, and 25 seniors to survey.

A) Convenience Sample B)Simple Random Sample C)Stratified Random Sample D)Interval Sample