Read each scenario and then identify the type of sampling used in that situation.

1. A student is required to interview at least three faculty members to determine their opinion on the Farm Progress Show coming to Decatur. The student emails every faculty member to ask them and uses the first three responses.

   1.   ?    Simple Random Sample
   2.   ?    Systematic
   3.   ?    Convenience
   4.   ?    Cluster
   5.   ?    Stratified

2. An environmental biologist is taking an inventory of the plant life in a forest. She divides a section of the forest into 2m x 2m plots, randomly selects 5 plots, and then counts the number of each type of plant that occurs in those plots.

   1.   ?    Stratified
   2.   ?    Convenience
   3.   ?    Cluster
   4.   ?    Systematic
   5.   ?    Simple Random Sample

3. The entries to a contest are arranged in the order they were received. Every fifth entry is selected to win a prize.

   1.   ?    Convenience
   2.   ?    Cluster
   3.   ?    Simple Random Sample
   4.   ?    Stratified
   5.   ?    Systematic

4. A student is required to interview at least three faculty members to determine their opinion on the Farm Progress Show coming to Decatur. The student randomly selects three names from a list of the full time faculty and then asks those faculty members.

   1.   ?    Simple Random Sample
   2.   ?    Convenience
   3.   ?    Systematic
   4.   ?    Stratified
   5.   ?    Cluster

5. A student is required to interview at least three faculty members to determine their opinion on the Farm Progress Show coming to Decatur. The student takes a list of the faculty members and selects every fifth name on the list to interview.

   1.   ?    Stratified
   2.   ?    Convenience
   3.   ?    Systematic
   4.   ?    Simple Random Sample
   5.   ?    Cluster