Types of Probability
The likelihood of an event occurring.
What is probability?
The question influences responses in favour of or against the topic of the data collection.
The group of people you are collecting the data on.
Each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.
What is simple random sampling?
Should grade 9's be allowed to listen to music even though it can distract them?
The probability of an event occurring in practice.
What is experimental probability?
The ____________ of collecting data must be considered.
What is cost?
Data is collected from each member of the population.
What is a census?
Only members who are interested and volunteer will participate.
Every 25th student to walk into the school was asked to fill out an anonymous survey.
What is systematic sampling?
Predicting something with no raw data, a gut feeling.
What is subjective judgement?
The physical ___________ that it takes to complete the survey.
What is time?
Data is collected from a small portion of the population.
What is a sample?
Only members of the population who are convenient to include are selected.
What is convenience sampling?
Students are asked to fill out a survey about how much they enjoy school the day after a grade 9 camping trip.
What is timing?
A single possible outcome divided by the total amount of possible outcomes.
What is theoretical probability?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
______________ mean you are aware of other cultures.
What is cultural sensitivity?
When the data collected is representative of the population.
What is a valid conclusion?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Every nth member of the population is selected.
What is systematic or interval sampling?
A company has started sending you daily emails after you filled out a survey that was supposed to be anonymous.
What is ethics?
The ____________ in question could lead people to give a particular answer.
What is use of language?
FINAL JEOPARDY:
Only members who are interested and volunteer will participate.
What is self-selected sampling?
Some members from each group of the population are randomly selected.
What is stratified random sampling?
Every member of each randomly chosen group of the population is selected.
What is cluster sampling?