Question

In conducting a survey of voters, a pollster selected every tenth name on a list of registered voters.

Which sampling technique did the pollster use?

A. convenience sampling
B. stratified random sampling
C. systematic sampling <-?
D. voluntary response sampling

Answer 1

@mathmale
@Starr_DynastyT

Answer 2

@OrangeMaster

Answer 3

Your right.

Answer 4

@OrangeMaster can u check like 2 more?

Answer 5

sure

Answer 6

C i believe is right

Answer 7

To determine citizens' opinion on construction of a new sports facility, the city council used a computer program to assure that each citizen of the city had an equal chance of being selected for the survey.


Which type of sampling did the council use?
A. convenience sampling
B. simple random sampling
C. systematic sampling <-?
D. voluntary response sampling

Answer 8

My guess is B. I don't think that it's C because the selection is random.

Answer 9

@Starr_DynastyT what do u think?

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_random_sample

I'm pretty sure I'm right.

Answer 11

@OrangeMaster alright....Ill trust u on this lol ;)

Answer 12

ok, and the last one

Answer 13

@OrangeMaster Just a min

Answer 14

An ecologist captures 60 deer in a forest, tags them, and then releases them back into the forest. On a later visit to the forest, the ecologist captures 45 deer, of which 18 are tagged.


Which is the best estimate of the number of deer in the forest?

A. 78
B. 105
C. 123
D. 150

Answer 15

@OrangeMaster

Answer 16

IDK, but I wouldn't say 105. My guess is 78, but not sure.

Answer 17

@Starr_DynastyT ?

Answer 18

@OrangeMaster its 150 :)