Name: Angelica B.

Ramos Grade & Section: 12 ACAD STEM

SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

QUIZ #1

A. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer.

D. 1. If I have a list of students, and pick every 5th one for my research, I am using
what sampling technique?
a. convenience sampling
b. simple random sampling
c. stratified random sampling
d. systematic random sampling
B. 2. If I put all tickets for a raffle in a bin and draw one out, that is an example of:
a. purposive sampling
b. simple random sampling
c. stratified random sampling
d. systematic random sampling
A. 3. If I conduct a research and choose for my sample whoever walks by the mall,
that is an example of:
a. convenience sampling
b. purposive sampling
c. snowball sampling
d. systematic random sampling
B. 4. If a researcher conducts a study and chooses for a sample all the members of
a psychology class because he thinks they will make the best subjects, that is an example of:
a. convenience sampling
b. purposive sampling
c. snowball sampling
d. systematic random sampling
C. 5. If I conduct a research and recruit for my sample my friend Joe, and he
recruits his friend Amber, and she recruits her friend Gina, that is an example of:
a. convenience sampling
b. purposive sampling
c. snowball sampling
d. systematic random sampling
D. 6. If a researcher wanted to study the health of men over 80, he or she might look
for their sample
a. convent
b. elementary school
c. fitness club
d. retirement community
 A. 7. If a researcher wanted to study the driving habits of teenagers vs. senior
citizens, which of the answer choices might he or she visit to recruit a sample?
a. high school and retirement home
b. museum and rock concert
c. preschool and daycare center
d. university and elementary school

Example of non- random sampling is the “ Purposive Sampling” 8. Which of the following is
not an example of a random sampling method?
a. cluster sampling
b. simple random sampling
c. stratified random sampling
d. systematic random sampling
B. 9. Which of the following is an example of a nonrandom sampling method?
a. cluster sampling
b. convenience sampling
c. simple random sampling
d. stratified random sampling
D. 10. The best sample is one that is
a. a systematic sample
b. convenient
c. purposely selected
d. representative of the population