Question 1

A variable is any characteristic of a population or sample.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Which of the following must be avoided in designing a questionnaire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dichotomous questions. 
B)  Leading questions. 
C)  Open-ended questions. 
D)  Demographic questions. B

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of non-sampling errors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Errors that arise from the recording of incorrect responses. 
B)  Errors that arise when responses are not obtained from some members of the sample. 
C)  Errors that arise when some members of the target population cannot possibly be selected in the sample. 
D)  All of these choices are correct. D

Question 4

A customer advocacy group would like to compare customers' satisfaction with four financial institutions. Describe a sampling plan that would be suitable for studying customers' satisfaction and for comparing the banks.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A customer advocacy group would like to...

Question 5

Stratified sampling is preferred over cluster sampling when it is difficult or costly to develop a complete list of the population members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of cluster sampling?

Accepted Answer

A)  The population is not divided. 
B)  The population is divided into groups of similar characteristics. 
C)  The population is divided into homogeneous groups. 
D)  The population is divided into heterogeneous groups

Question 7

Which of the following sampling plans uses random methods of selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  Simple random sampling. 
B)  Simple random sampling, stratified random sampling and cluster sampling. 
C)  Simple random sampling and stratified random sampling. 
D)  Cluster sampling.

Question 8

Briefly describe three types of non-sampling errors.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

The target population is the population about which we want to draw inferences, whereas the sampled population is the actual population from which the sample has been drawn.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe the key differences between numerical data and nominal data.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

When the population is divided into mutually exclusive sets, and then a simple random sample is drawn from each set, this is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  simple random sampling. 
B)  stratified random sampling. 
C)  cluster sampling. 
D)  selection bias.

Question 12

A professor of economics intends to compare the performances of first year students at the four campuses of the university. In order to do so, she selects a random sample of 40 students from each campus. What is this type of sampling called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stratified random sampling. 
B)  Simple random sampling. 
C)  Cluster sampling. 
D)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 13

Which of the following refers to the differences between the sample and the population that exist only because of the observations that happened to be selected for the sample?

Accepted Answer

A)  Response bias 
B)  Non-response bias 
C)  Sampling error 
D)  Non-sampling error

Question 14

Sampling error may be reduced by increasing the sample size but non-sampling error cannot be reduced by increasing the sample size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is not an example of primary data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Data published by the United States Bureau of Census. 
B)  Data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
C)  Data published by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). 
D)  Data published by the United Nations Statistical Division.

Question 16

When every possible sample of size n has the same chance of being selected, this is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  simple random sampling. 
B)  stratified random sampling. 
C)  cluster sampling. 
D)  sampling error.

Exam 2: Types of Data, Data Collection and Sampling

A variable is any characteristic of a population or sample.

Which of the following must be avoided in designing a questionnaire?

Which of the following is an example of non-sampling errors?

A customer advocacy group would like to compare customers' satisfaction with four financial institutions. Describe a sampling plan that would be suitable for studying customers' satisfaction and for comparing the banks.

Stratified sampling is preferred over cluster sampling when it is difficult or costly to develop a complete list of the population members.

Which of the following is a characteristic of cluster sampling?

Which of the following sampling plans uses random methods of selection?

Briefly describe three types of non-sampling errors.

The target population is the population about which we want to draw inferences, whereas the sampled population is the actual population from which the sample has been drawn.

Describe the key differences between numerical data and nominal data.

When the population is divided into mutually exclusive sets, and then a simple random sample is drawn from each set, this is called:

A professor of economics intends to compare the performances of first year students at the four campuses of the university. In order to do so, she selects a random sample of 40 students from each campus. What is this type of sampling called?

Which of the following refers to the differences between the sample and the population that exist only because of the observations that happened to be selected for the sample?

Sampling error may be reduced by increasing the sample size but non-sampling error cannot be reduced by increasing the sample size.

Which of the following is not an example of primary data?

When every possible sample of size n has the same chance of being selected, this is called: