Samples and Populations

_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

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_________ is a sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has an equal chance of being selected.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

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_______ is the entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

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True or False: all samples lead to a good prediction about an entire population.

• True
• False

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A school surveys all 7th grade boys to determine what to sell in the school store.  This sample is _________.

• Biased
• Unbiased
• Representative
• Peanut butter cups

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A school survey asked 50 girls to identify their favorite items on the school cafeteria menu. This sample is ________________.

• Biased
• Unbiased
• Representative
• Numerical

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A student wants to know which type of pizza the students at his high school prefer. Which option would give a unbiased, representative sample:

• Asking all the students in the hot lunch line.
• Asking 10 random students from each homeroom.
• Asking every other student who gets off a school bus.
• Asking all the 10th graders.

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A city council member wanted to know how her constituents felt about a planned rezoning. She randomly selected 75 names from the city phone directory and conducted a phone survey.

• The population is everyone listed in the city phone directory; the sample is the 75 people selected.
• The population is residents of the city; the sample is the registered voters in the city.
• The population is registered voters in the city; the sample is everyone listed in the city phone directory.

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A safety inspector conducts air quality tests on a randomly selected group of 7 classrooms at an elementary school.

• The population is all classrooms in the district; the sample is the 7 classrooms selected.
• The population is all classrooms in the elementary school; the sample is the 7 classrooms selected.
• The population is all elementary students in the school; the sample is the students in the 7 classrooms selected.

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Choose the true statement(s) about the census and sample shown.

• The sample could be considered too small.

• The sample is biased because is does not include everyone.

• The sample is representative of the population's sub-groups.

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