The editor of Ross Times, the student newspaper of Ross College, wanted to write an article about whether or not there was sufficient parking in campus. Before she wrote the article, she randomly selected 126 students from the registrar’s list and gathered their opinions.This is an example of:   a voluntary response sample.   a multistage sample.   a simple random sample.   a convenience sample.   a cluster sample.

Ross Times, the student newspaper of Ross College, printed a "What do you think?" column feature asking: "Do you think that the college is doing enough to provide student parking?" Anyone could mail in a response or use the paper's Web site to respond. In all, 126 answers were received.This is an example of what type of sample? A voluntary response sample A simple random sample A multistage sample A convenience sample

Professor Romano looks at ways to improve student learning. She wants to recruit participants at high schools in town to see how the use of repeated quizzing may boost performance on later exams. Because she works with the local public school system, they are willing to let her have access to any schools she wants. She randomly selects 5 schools, and within each school, she randomly selects 5 classes to participate in her study. What kind of sampling is this?Group of answer choicescluster samplingstratified random samplingsimple random samplingconvenience sampling

When sampling from a population, the best type of sampling is ...  Group of answer choicesA sample that may include voluntary responses.A sample taken from a specific segment of the population.A simple random sample from the entire populationA sample in which respondents know how others have responded.

A researcher wants to study the average eating patterns of American workers. They publicize their survey through an email list for Ivy League business school graduates. What can be said about this sample?a.)This is a concomitant sample.b.)This is a generalized sample.c.)This is a biased sample.d.)This is a representative sample.

Which of the following is an example of stratified sampling?   A sample of 150 people called the campus radio show to express their opinions about the food establishment on campus.   In order to assess student satisfaction with the food establishment on campus, 100 students from each of the schools on campus were randomly selected (100 business, 100 fine arts, 100 humanities, 100 sciences, and 100 technology) for a total of 500 sampled students.   In order for a city to find out if drivers text while driving, 15 blocks within the city were randomly selected and all the residents on those blocks were interviewed.   A health educator wanted to study the sleeping habits of the undergraduate students in her university. For her study, the researcher chose a simple random sample of 600 students to interview.   The human resources department of a large bank wanted to assess the job satisfaction of the bank's workers. The department interviewed 50 workers in the breakroom during a week of morning breaks.