Activity #2

Name : _____________________________________________ Program : ____________ Date: ___________

1. Use random sampling method to select 10 states and calculate the sample mean high temperature. Compare
with the population mean.
2. Use systematic random sampling method to select 10 states and calculate the sample mean high temperature.
Compare with your answer in item #2 and the population mean.
3. Using the table of random numbers,
select 10 states and find the mean of the average
teacher’s pay and the mean of the pupils per
teacher. How do your results compare with the
U.S. figures?

4. Select a systematic sample of 10 states,

and find the mean of the average teacher’s pay
and the mean of the pupils per teacher. How do
your results compare with the U.S. figures?
5. Divide the 50 states into five subgroups by geographic location, using a map of the United States. Each subgroup
should include 10 states. The subgroups should be northeast, southeast, central, northwest, and southwest.
Select two states from each subgroup, and find the mean number of electoral votes for the sample. Compare
these means with the population mean.

6. Select a systematic sample of 10 states, and compute the mean number of electoral votes for the sample.
Compare this mean with the population mean and item # 5.