Influencing Factors
This influencing factor looks at whether the survey may offend someone from a different cultural group.
"Do you like to watch hockey?"
A sample which consists of individuals of a population that are easily accessed.
Convenience sample
People who use shampoo
Ms. Grest's birth month.
February
This influencing factor shows preference for a specific product.
Bias
Students in a grade 9 Phys. Ed class are asked to complete a survey related to overall physical health. One of the questions on the survey is "What is your current body weight." What is the influencing factor?
Privacy (confidentiality)
A sample created by inviting the whole population to participate.
Voluntary response sample
State whether you would survey the population or a sample: "You want to test the air quality of hospitals in Edmonton."
Population (not that many hospitals)
True or false: Ms. Grest's auntie is 3 years younger than her grandma.
True
This influencing factor allows people to have the right to refuse an answer.
Privacy
A sports store asks the following question: "Invincible Bikes are the most sturdy and expertly designed bikes on the market. What brand will you buy?" Rewrite the survey question to eliminate the influencing factors.
"What brand of bike will you buy?"
A sample created by choosing a specific number of individuals randomly from the whole population.
Identify the sample you would select for the following survey: "An electronics store needs to find out whether its customers are satisfied with the repairs and services department."
Voluntary response sample (feedback form once the service is completed)
This band won Eurovision in 1974 with their hit song that mentions a key figure in the French Revolution.
ABBA
This influencing factor ensures the question is presented in such a way that people understand what is being asked.
Use of language
Use of language (wording not clear)
A sample created by dividing the whole population into distinct groups, then choosing the same fraction of members from each group.
Stratified sample
Identify the sample you would select for the following survey: "A reporter wants to ask people downtown about their plans to participate in the Big Valley Jamboree."
Systematic sample (i.e. every 10th person who walks by)
A mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning.
Mondegreen
This influencing factor refers to inappropriate behaviours.
Ethics
Find a better way to word this question so it collects better data: "Would you run if you came across a moose?"
"What would you do if you came across a moose?"
A sample created by choosing individuals at fixed intervals from an ordered list of the whole population.
Systematic sample
Identify the sample you would select for the following survey: "A group wants to know the most popular singer in each province."
Stratified sample (a fraction from each province)
Roughly 80 percent of all animal species living on Earth today belong to this phylum.
Arthropods