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The document outlines various sampling principles and techniques for collecting data in different scenarios, including identifying populations and selecting samples. It includes questions about learning to walk, test scores, and preferences among different groups. The document emphasizes the importance of random sampling methods and the potential biases that can arise from different sampling techniques.

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2  –  Sampling  Principles  Worksheet  


MPM1D  
Jensen  
 
 
1.  Identify  the  population  in  each  situation  
 
a)  Generally,  girls  learn  to  walk  before  boys  do.  
 
 
 
b)  The  mean  mark  on  yesterday’s  test  was  72%  
 
 
 
c)  As  cars  age  their  repair  costs  increase  
 
 
 
d)  Most  food  stores  charge  more  for  cream  than  for  milk.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.  Describe  the  data  required  to  answer  each  question.  Explain  whether  you  would  use  a  census  or  a  
sample  to  collect  each  set  of  data.    
 
a)  Do  girls  learn  to  walk  before  boys  do?  
 
 
 
 
 
b)  Is  the  mean  mark  on  a  test  greater  than  75%?  
 
 
 
 
 
c)  Is  the  mean  annual  salary  of  employees  in  Canada  less  than  $50  000?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
d)  How  are  a  person’s  height  and  age  related?  
 
 
f)  What  is  the  most  common  colour  among  the  cars  that  drive  by  your  school?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.  Describe  how  you  could  choose  a  random  sample  to  determine  each  of  the  following:  
 
a)  The  type  of  coffee  preferred  by  customers  of  a  local  café.  
 
 
 
 
b)  Ontario  teenagers’  favourite  magazines.  
 
 
 
 
c)  Political  parties  supported  by  bilingual  Canadians  
 
 
 
 
d)  Countries  of  origin  for  immigrants  to  Canada.    
 
 
 
 
 
4.  Identify  the  type  of  sample  in  each  situation.  Comment  on  any  possible  bias  in  these  samples.    
 
a)  A  career  studies  class  interviews  University  of  Waterloo  graduates  to  learn  about  career  choices  for  
university  graduates.  
 
 
 
b)  A  town  council  randomly  selects  phone  numbers  from  a  town  directory  to  survey  citizens’  opinions  on  
a  new  park.    
 
 
 
c)  Moviegoers  leaving  a  cinema  are  interviewed  fo  find  out  how  people  spend  their  free  time.    
 
 
 
 
d)  Every  fifth  person  entering  the  cafeteria  is  asked  to  fill  out  a  questionnaire  about  the  menu.    
   
   
 
5.  List  three  ways  you  could  divide  the  students  in  your  school  into  groups  for  selecting  a  stratified  
random  sample.  
 
  i.  
 
  ii.  
 
  iii.  
 
 
6.  A  government  agency  wants  to  survey  Ontario  farmers.    
 
a)  Identify  the  population.  
 
 
 
b)  Suggest  a  stratified  random  sampling  technique  that  the  agency  could  use.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7.  A  company  wants  to  select  50  of  its  325  employees  for  a  survey.    
 
a)  Identify  the  population.  
 
 
 
b)  Describe  a  systematic  random  sampling  technique  that  the  company  could  use.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8.  The  physical  education  department  wants  to  survey  the  members  of  school  teams.    
 
a)  Identify  the  population.  
 
 
 
b)  Describe  a  method  of  randomly  selecting  15%  of  the  members  of  the  teams.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
9.  (Extension  Question)  This  table  lists  the  enrolment  at  a  high  school.  The  school  administration  wants  
to  interview  a  random  sample  of  150  students,  stratified  by  grade.  How  many  students  should  the  
administration  select  from  each  grade?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.  Identify  the  population  for  each  of  the  following.  Then,  describe  how  you  could  select  an  appropriate  
sample  of  each  population.    
 
a)  The  popularity  of  various  kinds  of  music  in  your  school.    
 
 
 
 
b)  The  popularity  of  various  kinds  of  music  in  your  community.  
 
 
 
 
 
c)  The  effectiveness  of  a  national  campaign  to  convince  people  between  the  ages  of  18  and  30  not  to  
smoke.    
 
 
 
 
d)  The  spending  habits  of  senior  citizens  in  Ontario.  
 
 
 
 
 
e)  The  quality  of  printing  from  various  computer  printers  on  sale  in  Canada.    
 
 
 
 
 
f)  The  mean  cost  of  gasoline  in  your  community.    
 
 
 
11.  Even  in  the  1920s,  polling  companies  conducted  surveys  by  calling  people  randomly  selected  from  
telephone  directories.  Explain  why  using  this  sampling  method  in  the  1920s  would  not  produce  a  
representative  sample  of  the  opinions  of  everyone  in  the  country.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Answers:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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