1.3 Practice

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14 questions
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Determine which method of data collection you would use to collect data for the following studies:

A study of the health of 168 kidney patients at a hospital.

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Determine which method of data collection you would use to collect data for the following studies:

A study of motorcycle helmet usage ina city without a helmet law.

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Determine which method of data collection you would use to collect data for the following studies:

A study of the effect on the human digestive system of potato chips made with a fat subsitute.

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Determine which method of data collection you would use to collect data for the following studies:

A study of the effect of a product's warning label to determine whether consumers will still buy the product.

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Determine which method of data collection you would use to collect data for the following studies:

A study of how fast a virus would spread in a metropolitan area.

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Determine which method of data collection you would use to collect data for the following studies:

A study of how often people wash their hands in public restrooms.

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Identify the sampling technique used in the following situations:

Using random digit dialing, researchers call 1400 people and ask what obstacles (such as childcare) keep them from exercising.

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Identify the sampling technique used in the following situations:

Chosen at random, 500 rural and 500 urban persons age 65 or older are asked about their health and their experience with prescription drugs.

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Identify the sampling technique used in the following situations:

Questioning students as they leave a univerisyt library, a reasearcher asks 358 students about their drinking habits.

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Identify the sampling technique used in the following situations:

After a hurricane, a disaster area is divided into 200 equal grids. Thirty of the grids are selected, and every occupied household in the grid is interviewed to help focus relief efforts on what residents require the most.

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Identify the sampling technique used in the following situations:

Chosen at random, 580 customers at a car dealership are contacted and asked their opinions of the sevice they received.

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Identify the sampling technique used in the following situations:

Every 10th person entering a mall is asked to name his or her favorite store.

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Identify the sampling technique used in the following situations:

Soybeans are planted on a 48-acre field. The field is divided into one-acre subplots. A sample is taken frome ach subplot to estimate the harvest.

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Identify the sampling technique used in the following situations:

From calls made with randomly generated telephone numbers, 1012 respondents are asked if tey rent or own their residences.