Rose Harrison and Clara Huizink Solutions for Exercise 8: Practice 1

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Rose Harrison Mathematics Solutions for Exercise - Rose Harrison and Clara Huizink Solutions for Exercise 8: Practice 1

Attempt the practice questions from Exercise 8: Practice 1 with hints and solutions to strengthen your understanding. MYP Mathematics A concept based approach 4&5 Standard solutions are prepared by Experienced Embibe Experts.

Questions from Rose Harrison and Clara Huizink Solutions for Exercise 8: Practice 1 with Hints & Solutions

EASY
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

A teenager wants to know how many of his friends watch cartoons. He sends a message to every 20th person in the contact list on his phone. Determine what sort of sample this is. Comment on the suitability of this sampling method.

EASY
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

A company employs 900 people, employed on different pay grades. The number of men and women at each pay grade is as follows:

Pay Grade Men Women
A 1 2
B 12 15
C 40 30
D 80 320
E 240 160

A full list of the employees has been made available for a survey on childcare provision at work.

Describe how the company could construct a simple random sample of 40 employees.

EASY
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

A company employs 900 people, employed on different pay grades. The number of men and women at each pay grade is as follows:

Pay Grade Men Women
A 1 2
B 12 15
C 40 30
D 80 320
E 240 160

A full list of the employees has been made available for a survey on childcare provision at work.

Describe how the company could construct a systematic sample of 45 employees.

EASY
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

A company employs 900 people, employed on different pay grades. The number of men and women at each pay grade is as follows:

Pay Grade Men Women
A 1 2
B 12 15
C 40 30
D 80 320
E 240 160

A full list of the employees has been made available for a survey on childcare provision at work.

Describe how the company could construct a stratified sample of 90 employees. Explain clearly why it would be necessary to combine pay grades A and B.

MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

Is it possible to conduct a random sample by selecting people at random from a sampling frame in a survey of the students in a school to find out the proportion of students who are vegetarian? Explain.

MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

Is it possible to conduct a random sample by selecting people at random from a survey of the supporters of a particular ice hockey team to find out whether or not they thought the manager was doing a good job? Explain.

MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

Is it possible to conduct a random sample by selecting people at random from a sampling frame in a survey of the voters in a particular town to see if they would vote in favour of re-electing the town mayor? Explain.

MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

Is it possible to conduct a random sample by selecting people at random from a sampling frame in a survey of the civil servants in an American city to see if they attended fire safety training sessions regularly? Explain.