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Achievement Standard 2 Conducting a Survey with a Questionnaire 3 Survey Ethics 6 Sampling Methodology 7 Sampling Variation 12 Types of Survey 18 Response Variables 21 Constructing Your Questionnaire 28 Pilot Survey 29 Desk Reviews 31 Practice Internal Assessment 32 Answers 41 Order Form 47 Contents uLake Ltd Innovative Publisher of Mathematics Texts
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• AchievementStandard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

• ConductingaSurveywithaQuestionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

• SurveyEthics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

• SamplingMethodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

• SamplingVariation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

• TypesofSurvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

• ResponseVariables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

• ConstructingYourQuestionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

• PilotSurvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

• DeskReviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

• PracticeInternalAssessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

• Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

• OrderForm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Year 12Mathematics

Contents

Robert Lakeland & Carl NugentDesign a Questionnaire

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IAS 2.8

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IAS 2.8 – Year 12 Mathematics and Statistics – Published by NuLake Ltd New Zealand © Robert Lakeland & Carl Nugent

2 IAS 2.8 – Design a Questionnaire

NCEA 2 Internal Achievement Standard 2.8 – Design a QuestionnaireThisachievementstandardinvolvesdesigningaquestionnaire .

◆ ThisachievementstandardisderivedfromLevel7ofTheNewZealandCurriculum,Learning Mediaandisrelatedtotheachievementobjective ❖ carryoutinvestigationsofphenomena,usingthestatisticalenquirycycle ❖ conductingsurveys

❖ evaluatingthechoiceofmeasuresforvariablesanddatacollectionmethodsused

❖ usingrelevantcontextualknowledge intheStatisticsstrandoftheMathematicsandStatisticsLearningArea .◆ Designaquestionnaireinvolvesshowingevidenceofusingeachcomponentofthequestionnaire

designprocess . Designaquestionnaire,withjustificationinvolveslinkingcomponentsofthequestionnairedesign

processtothecontextandexplainingrelevantdecisionsmadeinthedesignprocess . Designaquestionnaire,withstatisticalinsightinvolvesintegratingstatisticalandcontextual

knowledgerelevanttothepurposeofthesurveythroughoutthedesignprocess .

◆ Thecomponentsofthequestionnairedesignprocessinvolve

❖ clarifyingthespecificinformationneedsofthesurveyandthegroupswhowillusethedata

❖ posingsurveyquestions,consideringsourcesofvariationby

• determiningrelevantvariables

• determiningappropriatemeasuresforeachvariable

• usinganappropriaterangeofquestiontypes

❖ checkingthesurveyquestionsby

• carryingoutadeskreview

• conductingapilotsurvey(s)includingcollectingandrecordingdata

❖ refiningthequestionnairebasedontheresultsofthepilotsurvey

❖ documentingthedesignprocessincludingthedraftandfinalquestionnaire .

Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence• Designaquestionnaire . • Designaquestionnaire,with

justification .• Designaquestionnaire,with

statisticalinsight .

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Conducting a Survey with a Questionnaire

Questionnairesareasetofquestionstoaperson(calledarespondent)whowithhis/heranswersprovidesinformation(data)totheperson(s)whosetthequestionnaire(calledtheresearcher) .Atfirstglanceitseemsasimpletasktowriteupasetofquestionstocollectinformation,buttherearemanythingsthatcangowrongandwhichshouldbeavoidedinordertodevelopasurveyquestionnairethatprovidestherequireddata .Inthisbookletwefocusonthesestatisticalholesorpitfalls .Weexpectanysamplingprocesstogiveinformationaboutthepopulation .Wealsoexpectthatarepresentativesamplewillgiveusagoodsnapshotorglanceatthepopulationandwillreflectthecharacteristicsofthepopulation .Withaquestionnairewehaveanothersourceofvariationinthatthequestionsmaynotgiveusaccurateinformation .Anythingthatmeanstheinformationgatheredisnotaccuratelydescribingtherespondentsisaproblemandthiscanleadtoanon-samplingvariation(seepage12) .Manypeoplehaveaninterestinthesurveyandeachgroupthathasaninterestinthequestionnairehasdifferentrequirements .

• Thegroupthatinitiatedthesurveywantsanswerstotheirquestion(s) .

• Thepersonwhoadministersthesurveywantsittobeassimpleaspossible .

• Respondentswantaquestionnairethattheycananswerwithoutmucheffortorthought .

• Theresearcherwantsresponsesthatareeasytocollate,analyseandpresentinaconclusion .

Who is the Survey for?Wasitrequestedbyabusinesswantingtointroduceanewproductorinformationaboutacompetitor’sproduct?Isitasurveyofbehaviourorofattitudes?Thegrouporpersonthatrequestedthesurveymusthaveanideaastowhattheywouldliketoknow .Itcouldbethattheyareinterestedinthehomeworkdonebydifferentyearlevelsathighschool .Thedefinitionofwhatthesurveyshouldanswerbecomesthesurvey objective .

Starting the Design

Survey Definitions

❖ A Survey is an investigation about the characteristics of a population by collecting data from a sample of that population.

❖ A Researcher is the person or persons that designs the questionnaire and analyses the results.

❖ The Interviewer is the person who collects the answers from the respondents.

❖ The Respondents are individuals or businesses, for example, from whom data and associated information are collected for use in compiling statistics.

❖ The Survey Objective is what the person or persons who initiated the survey want to know.

❖ The Research Objectives are precisely defined objectives that the researcher believes will provide answers to the survey objective.

SamplesAny subset of a population is a sample but a poor sample (e.g. a cluster sample) may vary considerably from the characteristics of the population. A representative sample should have similar characteristics to that of the population.

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7. Thelocalcouncilwantstoborrowfivemilliondollarstobuildanewmuseum .Youhavebeenaskedtoseektheopinionoflocalresidentswhoareratepayers .

8. TheschoolboardoftrusteesisconsideringeliminatinguniformforYear13andwantstheopinionofparentsofstudentsinthepresentYear13 .

9. ThePrincipalwantstoestablishaquorumof50studentstobecomposedoftenstudentsfromYears9to11and15fromeachoftheYears12and13 .

10. Amallmanagerwantstosurvey100shoppersaboutthepresentparkingfacilities .

Achievement–Identifythesampleframeandexplainthebestwaytoselectarandomsampleof30fromthesampleframe .

Identifythesampleframeandexplainthebestwaytoselectarandomsampleof30fromit .Theschoolboardwantstoknowtheafterschoolcommitmentsofthe350studentsinYear10 .

Example

randomsampleof30studentsfromthelist .IfYear10werehavinganassemblythiscouldalsobeoursampleframeandyoucouldsystematicallychooseevery10thstudentastheyleftuntilyoureached30 .Malesandfemalesmayhavedifferentcommitmentsafterschool .Toavoidoversamplingoneparticulargenderthesampleframecouldbedividedintomaleandfemalestudentsandeachgendersampledinthesameproportion .Thiswouldthengiveyouarandom-stratifiedorsystematic-stratifiedsample .IfthisschooldividedthestudentsforEnglishpurelyrandomlythentheEnglishclassescouldbeoursampleframeandaclustersampleofoneclasscouldbeoursample .

Explainwhythefollowingsamplingmethodisunlikelytogivearandomsampleofthepopulation .ThebusinessownersassociationwouldliketoknowtheopinionofshoppersinMainstreettoaChristmasparade .Theinterviewerusestheircalculatortorandomlyselectasideofthestreet,thenashoppingblockandfinallyonecornerforthemtouse .TheinterviewerthenstandsonthisrandomcornerinMainstreetandapproacheseveryninthperson .

Example

Theblockswillhavedifferenttypesofshoppersonthem .Forexample,ifnearthebanksyouwillgetalotofpeoplenotshoppingbutjustvisitingabank .Youshouldattempttouseastratifiedsamplewheredifferentcornersareusedforasetperiodoftime(sothenumberinterviewedreflectshowbusyeachis)andatrandomtimes .Thedefinitionofwhoisashoppermakesthisveryhardasanydiscretionmakesthisapersoninthestreetsample .Everyninthpersonshouldbeapproachedandthenfilteredwiththequestion“Hi,areyouinMainstreettoshop?” .

Thetypeofshopperwilldependuponthetimeofday(ifduringworkinghoursveryfewworkerswillbethere) .

ThebestsampleframeisalistofeverystudentinYear10atschoolonaparticulardayandtotakeasimple

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Non-sampling Errors cont...Questionnaire layoutIfthequestionnaireislongorperceivedasdifficultortimeconsumingtocompletethenthiswillaffectwhetheritwillbecompleted(Non-reponserate) .Keepthequestionslimitedtowhatyouneedfortheresearchobjective .Questionsthatyoubelievemaybeinterestingshouldnotbeincluded .• allquestionsshouldbenumbered .• thequestionnaireshouldappearuncluttered

withplentyofwhitespace .• theanswersshouldhaveaconsistencyofform

andlayout .• makeaclearbreakbetweenquestions .• boxesforticksetc .shouldbeclosetotheanswer

theyrepresentsothereisnodoubtwhichboxbelongstowhichanswer .

Aimtomakethequestionnairelookprofessional .Theobjectistomakeyourquestionnaireappearsimpleandstraightforward .Yournameandaddressmustbeonthequestionnairealongwithaclearstatementonconfidentiality .Alwaysincludeaself-addressedpostage-paidenvelopeforself-administeredquestionnaires .

Data collectionIfaquestionisaskedfacetofaceoroveraphonetheremaybedifferentanswers .Inafacetofaceinterviewtherespondentmaybemoreconcernedwithbeingagoodpersonandgivingexpectedresultsthaninanimpersonalphoneinterview .Ifthereareotherpeoplepresentthenthismayaffectthehonestyofanswers .Itisimportantfortheinterviewertobuildrapportwiththerespondent .Ithasbeendemonstratedthataninterviewerwhoisthesameethnicoriginastherespondentgetsmorereliableresults .Self-administeredsurveys(questionnaires)aregenerallyacceptableasbeingmoreanonymousbutmaybetakenlessseriouslythanwhentheinterviewerispresent .Whentheinterviewerispresenttherespondentmaybemorecooperativeinordertopleasetheinterviewer .

Coding errorsIftheresultsofthesurveyaretobeanalysedtheanswerswillneedtobecoded .Thismeanseachanswermustbeplacedinacategorysoitcanbeenteredintoacomputer(seepage30) .Sometimesthequestionshavelimitedanswers(closed-endedquestions)andarethereforeselfcoded .Otherquestionsallowforanyresponse(openquestions)andthisresponsewillneedtobecoded

Questions that include lists should not imply some sort of rank order in the list.

11. What year did you first attend this school?

{ ] Before 2009

[ ] 2009

[ ] 2010

[ ] 2011

[ ] 2012

12. Which is your favourite sport to play?

{ ] Badminton

[ ] Basketball

[ ] Netball

[ ] Soccer

[ ] Touch rugby

[ ] Other (specify)

13. How did you travel to school today?

Select the best answer.

[ ] Bike [ ] Bus [ ] Car [ ] Walk

13. How did you travel to school today?

Select the best answer.

[ ] Bike [ ] Bus [ ] Car [ ] Walk

13. How did you travel to school today?

Select the best answer.

Bike [ ]

Bus [ ]

Car [ ]

Walk [ ]

13. How did you travel to school today?

Select the best answer.

{ ] Bike

[ ] Bus

[ ] Car

[ ] Walk

It is sometimes clearer to have the space for an answer after the item.

If a list goes across the page make sure the place for the answer is clearly placed next to the item.

Lists with numerical data such as years should go from earliest to latest.

Lists with words should always be in alphabetical order unless there is a good reason for changing this.

Make sure list instructions are clear.

soitcanbesummarised .Ifyouaskanopen-endedquestionabouttherespondent’sfavouritesportandget25differentanswersitisdifficulttoanalyse .

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Merit–Explainwhatiswrongwiththesequestionsandrewritethemtoremovethecause .21. Areyouconfidentthatyouwillneversmoke

nocigarettesagain?22. Doyouhavebutterinyoursandwiches?

23. Inthelastyearwereyouthevictimofacrime? 24. Whenyoudrinkalcoholhowmanydrinksdoyouusuallyconsume?

25. Haveyoudonatedmoneytocharityinthelastthreemonths?

26. Doyousupportthrowingstudentswhosmokemarijuanaoutofschool?

27. Whenyouleaveschoolwillyoucontinuetostudy?

28. WhendidyoulastgotoAustralia?

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Response Variables

Open-ended ResponsesAnopen-endedquestionaskstherespondenttogivetheanswerinhisorherownwords,whereasaclosed-endedquestionaskstherespondenttopickananswerfromagivennumberofoptions .Bynotsuggestinganswerstotherespondenttheresearcherisallowinganswerstocomeupthattheymaynothaveconsidered .Amongtheadvantagesofopen-endedquestionsare:• theylettherespondenthaveadegreeof

control .Theycanexpresstheiranswerspontaneouslyusingtheirownwords

• theyarelesslikelytocontroltheresponseandhencebiasthesurvey

• theyaregoodforlikesanddislikesorwherepossibleresponsesarenotknown

• theygivetheresearcherquotestheycanuseinafinalreport .

Thedisadvantagesinclude:• therespondentshavetothinkmoreabout

theiranswersandthismakescompletingthequestionnairemorearduousandslower

• thewiderangeofanswersmeansthesehavetobecodedintoacomputerforanalysis

• poorhandwritingcanbedifficulttounderstand

• thecodingcanleadtoerrorsastheinterviewerorresearcherforcestheanswertoanexistingbutinappropriatecategory .

Insomesurveysthequestionsappearopen-endedbuttheinterviewerimmediatelycodestheresponse .Open-endedquestionsaresometimesputinpilotsurveysandoncetherangeoflikelyanswersisfound,theyarechangedtoclosed-endedquestionsforthefinalquestionnaire .

Measured dataIfyouneedtoknownumericdataitisbestentereddirectly .Forexample“Howlongdoesittakeforyoutogettoschooleachmorning?”or“Whatyearwereyoubornin?”Donotusecategoriesfornumericdataasthatrequirestherespondenttothinkmoreandunlessthecategorieshavebeenselectedcarefullycanresultonmostofthedatainoneortwocategories .

Numeric data allows you to find the mean and calculate relationships.

In what month and year were you born?

Month Year

The response to a question is a variable. It could be

• a phrase or sentence for an open-ended question.

• continuous as in a numeric variable• dichotomous, one of two possible answers• one of five multiple choice answers• a scale from one to five or one to ten.

What year were you born?

Select the best answer

[ ] Before 1959

[ ] 1960 to 1979

[ ] 1980 to 1989

[ ] 1990 to 1999

[ ] After 2000

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Constructing Your Questionnaire

Screening QuestionsThequestionnaireshouldstartandexplainaboutthesurveyandhowallinformationwillbekeptconfidential .Thequestionsshouldstartwithascreening questiontodeterminewhethertherespondentisamemberoftheresearchpopulation .Ifitisastratifiedsampleitmaybethatthequotaforthistypeofrespondentisalreadysatisfied .Thefollowingcouldbescreeningquestions .Theywilldependuponthedefinitionofyourresearchpopulation .1. What year were you born in?

2. What sex are you?

[ ] Male [ ] Female

3. What is the year level of your form class?

[ ] Year 9

[ ] Year 10

[ ] Year 11

[ ] Year 12

[ ] Year 13

Iftherespondentisnotintheresearchpopulationthenthesurveyshouldbestoppedatthepointthisisestablished .

Main QuestionnaireKeepacopyofyourresearchobjectivesinfrontofyou .Ifaquestionisnotgoingtohelpyouanswertheresearchobjectivesdonotaskitasyouwanttokeepthequestionnaireasshortaspossible .Startwithgeneralfactualquestionsrelatingtobehaviour .Thesearequestionswheretherespondentislikelytoknowtheanswer .Followquestionsaboutbehaviourwithquestionsaboutopinionsandvalues .Theseareharderfortherespondentandshouldbeaskedwhentherespondenthasansweredsufficientquestionsthattheywillfeelcommittedtocompletethequestionnaire .Itisacceptabletoaskmorethanonequestionforthesameobjective .Askingmorethanonequestionaboutthesameobjectivecanbeusefulincross-checkingresponses .Ifthequestionnaireisgoingtobeafacetofaceinterviewthenyoucanincludeinstructionsfortheinterviewertoaskfollowupquestionsorwhentoskipirrelevantquestions .Thefinalstageshouldbetoaskforanydemographicdatathatyouneedtheanswersfor .Thelastthinginthequestionnaireistothanktherespondentfortakingpart .Donotleavethistotheinterviewertoremember .

Question sequence

• Screening question to check if the respondent is in the sample frame.

• Questions should flow logically from the previous question. If you have five questions on sport they should follow each other.

• General questions to define what categories the respondent fits in.– Demographic questions, sex, age etc.– Factual questions (e.g. What school do

you attend?).– Behavioural questions (e.g. How much

TV did you watch last night?).• Questions about attitudes and opinions

– Opinions and attitudes are usually recorded on scale questions.

– Flow from least sensitive to more sensitive.

The researcher must ensure that the answer to a question is not influenced by previous questions.Authors’ note: We suggest a Year 12 student questionnaire is not an appropriate place to ask sensitive questions.

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Desk Reviews

Desk ResearchAfteridentifyingyourresearchobjectivesandpriortowritinganyquestionsyoushouldcompletethefirstoftwodeskreviews .Thefirstreviewiscalledadeskresearch .Youneedtofindoutifasimilarsurveyhasbeenconductedalready .Youwouldliketoknowwhatquestionstheyaskedandwhatconclusiontheycameto .Itcouldbethesurveywasdoneonadifferentpopulationbutitwillstillbehelpfultoyouifyoulookattheirapproach,questionsandresults .Aprevioussurveywillhelpyoudesignandevaluateyoursurvey .Itmaybepossibletouseasimilarquestionandtocompareyourresultstotheoriginalsurvey .Librariesandonlinesearchesaregoodstartingplacestofindsimilarsurveys .

Desk CheckAdeskcheckordeskevaluationiscompletedafterthepilotsurveyandbeforeanyoftherespondentsfromthesampleframeareinterviewed .Theaimofthedeskcheckistotryandidentifyanyproblems .Lookattheresultsofyourpilotsurvey .Fixanyerrorsithasshownandamendmultiplechoicelistswherethepilotsurveyhasshownanitemismissing .Nowputtogetheryourfinalquestionnaireandcompletethedeskcheck .Thequestionnairemustbesimple,consistentandaccurate .Aspartofthedeskevaluation• checkeachquestionagainsttheresearch

objectives– Recordthenumberofeachquestion

nexttoitsobjective .– Removeanyquestionsthatdonotrelate

tooneofyourresearchobjectives .• checkthewholequestionnaireforconsistency

– Haveyouusedthesamestraightforwardlanguagethroughoutthequestionnaire?

– Aremultiplechoiceresponsesinalphabeticalorder?

– Haveyouincludednonresponseswhereappropriate?

– Haveyouvariedthesortofquestions?Openendedquestions,multiplechoicequestionsandscalequestions .

• checksagainstwhatisknownabouttherespondents– Isthelanguageyouhaveused

appropriatetoyourrespondents?

checking the survey questions by

• carrying out a desk review.It does not require you to complete both a desk research and a desk check but the first can make your questionnaire easier and the second can and does remove errors.You are required to document the design process and this is best done by keeping a diary detailing what you did and why at each step towards producing the questionnaire.

The Achievement Standard includes:

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Page 51. Whatproportionofstudentsbyyearlevelare

smokingandtowhatextent?SeePage6rehonestyofanswers .

2. Whatistheproportionofstudentswhointendtoplaycompetitivesportthissummer?Whathoursiseachstudenttrainingfor?Whatarethebarrierstostudentsplayingcompetitivesportthissummer?

3. Whatdoteenagersdoforrecreation?Whatdoteenagersseeasbarrierstousingcouncilfacilitiesforrecreation?

4. Proportionofemployeeslookingtochangetoanotherjob .Whatisonethingaboutthejobthepresentemployeeswouldliketotellprospectiveemployees?Howmuchsickleavedoeseachemployeetake?

5. Identifywhataboutthemallpresentcustomerslikeanddislikecomparedtowhatnon-customerslikeordislikeaboutthemall .Howdocustomersgettothemall?

6. Opinionsofpeoplethathavetriedanddislikedthenewcerealcomparedtotheopinionofthepeoplewholikethenewcereal .Whatfactorsaffectacustomer’sbuyingdecisionrecereal?

Page 107. Getacopyoftheresidentelectoralrollfromthe

council,thisisyoursampleframe .Useyourcalculatortoselectarandomstartingpageandarandompositiononthatpage .Nowgeneratearandomnumberunder50andsystematicallyselecteveryresidentatintervalsofthisrandomnumber .Thisisthebetteroption .Asimilarresultispossibleusingasimplerandomprocedure .

Thephonebookisnotthepopulationasitwillincludepeoplewhoareelectorstoothercouncilsandtheremaybemorethanoneratepayerperphoneline .Thephonebookcouldbeusedifyouaskedafilteringquestiontodetermineeligibilityfirstbutthissampleframemaystillnotberepresentative .

8. GetacopyofallstudentsinYear13stillpresentattheschoolandtheirhomephonenumbersfromtheschool .Thisisyoursampleframe .Togethomephonenumbersyouwillneedtobeworkingontheinstructionsoftheschool .Makesurethestudentsarenumberedandanytwinsarecountedonlyonce .Usingsimplerandomnumbersselecteachhomephonenumber .

9. Youwillneedastratifiedrandomsample .Getacopyoftheschoolroll .Yoursampleframeisallstudentspresentonthenominatedday .Usingeitherasimplerandomprocedureor

Page 10 cont... Q9 cont...systematicsamplingselectasampleof10fromeachjuniorleveland15fromeachoftheseniorlevels .

10. Yoursampleframeisalltheshoppersthatusethepresentparkingfacilitiesonanominatedday .Thiswillbedifferentfromthepopulationassomepeoplewillonlygoonparticulardaysandtimes .Asystematicsamplestartingatarandomtimeofeverynth(randomnumber5to20)shopperarrivingintheparkingareaonthenominatedday .

Page 1111. Peopletendtolivenearotherswithsimilar

incomeandpoliticalviews .Eventhoughtheygotothreestreetstheycouldbesimilarandnotberepresentativeofthepopulation .Alsomanypeopleareoutduringthedaysothosehouseswillnotbesampledwhereasunemployedandretiredresidentsaremorelikelytobeoverrepresentedinthesample .

12. Thepopulationforthecouncilisratepayersbutthesampleframeisexistingusersofthepool .Astheyarealreadyusingthepooltheyarelikelytosupportanupgrade .Alsothepeoplethatusethepoolarelikelytoexcludethefulltimeemployedifthesurveyisdoneduringworkinghours .

13. Themathsclassisunlikelytohavestudentsrandomlyplacedinit(possiblyastreamedclass)sodoesnotmeetthecriteriaforaclustersample .Alsothehistoryclassnextmayhavesomestudentsfromthemathsclassinit .Thesampleframeofmathsandhistorystudentsisunlikelytoberepresentativeofthepopulation .InadditiontheremaybeYear11andYear13studentsineitherclass .

14. Thepopulationthecanteeniswantingopinionsfromareitsstudentcustomers,buttheclusterapproachedmaybepredominantlynotcustomers,butstudentswhobringtheirownlunch .

15. Studentswhohaveleftschoolarenolongerinthesampleframeasonlyschoolstudentsareapproached .InYear12therewillbesomefifteenandseventeenyearoldstudents .Theremayalsobeinternationalstudentsandonlytheopinionoflocalstudentswasrequested .

16. Theinterviewer(councilmember)mayhaveapredeterminedopinionandattempttoinfluencetheopinionsoftheirformclass .Askingawholeclassmeansthatstudentswillbeinfluencedintheiropinionsbytheirclassmates .Thecouncilmakeupmaybeinproportiontodifferentformlevelssoitmaybeaformofstratifiedsample .

Answers given here are guides only as there are many alternative correct answers.

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