Grade 7 Math Statistics Assessment

1. Which of the following is an example of primary data?

a. Survey results published in a newspaper
b. Data collected directly from an experiment
c. Statistics from a government website
d. Information obtained from a history book

2. When collecting data, what does the term "sample" refer to?
a. The entire population being studied
b. A subset of the population used to represent the whole
c. The mean of a set of numbers
d. Data that has already been analyzed

3. What is a frequency table used for in statistics?

a. To display a summary of data values
b. To calculate the mean of a data set
c. To organize data in alphabetical order
d. To show percentages in a visual format

4. What is random sampling?

a. Selecting individuals who are conveniently available
b. Dividing the population into subgroups and randomly selecting a sample from each subgroup
c. Choosing individuals who are easiest to reach
d. Giving everyone in the population an equal chance of being selected

5. Which type of sampling involves dividing the population into subgroups and randomly
selecting a sample from each subgroup?
a. Cluster sampling
b. Systematic sampling
c. Convenience sampling
d. Stratified sampling

6. If a researcher wants to survey customers entering a store and selects every 5th customer,
what type of sampling is being used?
a. Stratified sampling
b. Cluster sampling
c. Random sampling
d. Systematic sampling

7. What is convenience sampling?

a. Selecting individuals who are conveniently available
b. Dividing the population into subgroups and randomly selecting a sample from each subgroup
c. Choosing individuals who are easiest to reach
d. Giving everyone in the population an equal chance of being selected

8. When every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected, what type of
sampling is being used?
a. Convenience sampling
b. Stratified sampling
c. Simple random sampling
d. Systematic sampling

9. What is systematic sampling?

a. Selecting individuals who are conveniently available
b. Dividing the population into subgroups and randomly selecting a sample from each subgroup
c. Choosing individuals who are easiest to reach
d. Selecting individuals at regular intervals from a list

10. Which type of sampling involves selecting individuals based on their availability and
accessibility?
a. Systematic sampling
b. Convenience sampling
c. Stratified sampling
d. Cluster sampling

11. If a researcher divides the population into groups based on certain characteristics and
then randomly selects individuals from each group, what type of sampling method is being
used?
a. Stratified sampling
b. Systematic sampling
c. Cluster sampling
d. Convenience sampling

12. What is cluster sampling?

a. Selecting individuals who are conveniently available
b. Dividing the population into subgroups and randomly selecting a sample from each subgroup
c. Choosing individuals who are easiest to reach
d. Selecting groups based on geographic proximity and then surveying all individuals in those groups

13. Which type of sampling involves selecting groups based on their geographical proximity
and then surveying all individuals in those groups?
a. Systematic sampling
b. Stratified sampling
c. Convenience sampling
d. Cluster sampling

14. In which type of sampling does each subgroup in the population have an equal
representation in the sample?
a. Convenience sampling
b. Cluster sampling
c. Systematic sampling
d. Stratified sampling

15. What is stratified sampling?

a. Selecting individuals who are conveniently available
b. Dividing the population into subgroups and randomly selecting a sample from each subgroup
c. Choosing individuals who are easiest to reach
d. Selecting individuals based on their proximity to each other
16. If a researcher wants to ensure that different age groups are represented proportionally in
a sample, what type of sampling method should be used?
a. Cluster sampling
b. Convenience sampling
c. Stratified sampling
d. Systematic sampling

17. Which sampling method is particularly useful when the population is widely dispersed
geographically?
a. Simple random sampling
b. Stratified sampling
c. Cluster sampling
d. Convenience sampling

18. What is simple random sampling?

a. Selecting individuals who are conveniently available
b. Dividing the population into subgroups and randomly selecting a sample from each subgroup
c. Choosing individuals who are easiest to reach
d. Giving every individual in the population an equal chance of being selected