STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Illustrating Random Sampling
Background Information for Learners
This activity sheet in Statistics and probability is designed for you Grade 11 learners. The
activities that you will perform are organized and made simple for you to exercise independent learning.
In this particular Learning Activity Sheet (LAS), you will be able to illustrate random sampling.
Before answering the series of activities, take time to read the concepts that you need to know.

Random Sampling

In our everyday life, we are oriented with basic concepts in statistics. When you want to
know the taste of food your mother is cooking, you only taste only a spoonful of it. On a wider
scope, researchers aim to study, describe and infer patterns of behavior, properties and
characteristics about a population. It is impractical and inconvenient to study the whole
population that is why samples are only selected as representatives.
A population is a group where members have something in common, that is, the total set
of observations that can be made. Some examples include the population of women aged 20 and
above, the population of registered voters in the province of Albay, and the population of daily
maximum temperatures for the month of April in Baguio City. A sample is a smaller group or
subset of the population that you want to examine.
Sampling is a process used in statistical analysis in which a predetermined number of
observations are taken from a larger population. When each element of the population has an
equal chance of being selected, it is called random sampling.
There are different sampling methods that allow all the units in the population to have an
equal chance of being selected.

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1. Simple Random/Lottery Sampling a sampling technique by which every member of the
population has an equal chance to be chosen as sample. It can be done through lottery method,
table of random numbers or through the use of computers.

2. Systematic Random Sampling a sampling technique by which every member of the

population is selected with a random start.

For example, in 240 grade 11 students, you can only choose 80 students as members of
your sample. To select which students will be part of the sample, we just divide the population
size 240 by the sample size 80, which results to 3. That means every 3rd student among the 240
grade 11 students will be included in the sample. The researcher may also opt to start on any
randomly selected number from 1 to 240 then select every 3rd element successively until the
desired sample size is completed.

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3. Stratified Random Sampling a sampling technique that is used when the population can be
classified into groups or strata based on some characteristics. Common criterions used for
stratification are gender, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

4. Clustered Sampling a sampling method where the population is first divided into separate
groups called clusters. Then a simple random sample of clusters from the available clusters in the
population is selected. This sampling technique is usually used when the elements of a population
are spread over a wide geographical area.

For example, if the population is composed of all citizens residing in the Philippines, the
clusters could be citizens from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Data is then gathered from a
selected cluster.

Learning Competency
The learner illustrates random sampling. (M11/12SP-IIIc-2)

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ACTIVITY 1: RANDOM SAMPLE OR NOT?
Determine whether the process of getting a sample in each situation is by random sampling or
not.

1. To determine the common T-shirt size his students have, Mr. Santos draw his sample from a bowl
containing the names of his students with their T-shirt sizes.
Answer: ______________

2. To determine the most liked subject in their school, Sarah interviewed the president of each class.
Answer: ______________

3. To know the most preferred learning modality of his classmates, Joseph interviewed their class
officers.
Answer: ______________

4. To determine the performance of of the SHS students in Statistics, the teacher draws 5 students from
every SHS class to take the Statistics test.
Answer: ______________

ACTIVITY 2: IDENTIFY ME!

Identify the type of random sampling illustrated by the following situations.

1. A barangay chairman wants to know whether his constituents are in favor or not on putting satellite
markets in their barangay. He wants to select a sample of 200 from his constituents, from the youths,
adults and from the senior citizens.
Answer: ______________

2. A researcher selected the participants of his study by selecting every 5th member of the population.
Answer: ______________

3. A researcher used his computer in randomly selecting a sample of n = 240 from a population of 800.
Answer: ______________

4. A researcher surveyed all teachers in each of the 12 randomly selected secondary schools in Albay.
Answer: ______________

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ACTIVITY 3: THINK ABOUT IT!
Give one research situation where each of the random sampling methods is being applied.

1. Simple Random Sampling

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2. Systematic Random Sampling

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3. Stratified Random Sampling

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4. Cluster Sampling
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Reflection:
1. What are your learnings from the activites?
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2. What part of the lesson did you like most?

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