11-1 Designing a study

the tendency of a sample or statistic to misrepresent the population

• biased

• unbiased

a controlled study in which the researcher attempts to understand cause-and-effect relationships by assigning subjects to groups and deciding which treatments each group receives

• survey

• observational study

• experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

a study in which the researcher attempts to understand cause-and-effect relationships without assigning subjects to groups or deciding which treatments each group receives

• survey

• observational study

• experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

a questionnaire given to a population or a sample of population

• survey

• observational study

• experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

You want to find opinions on the best computer game to buy.

• survey

• observational study

• experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

You want to see if students who have a 4.0 grade point average study more than those who do not.

• survey

• observational study

• experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

You want to compare the health of students who walk to school to the health of students who ride the bus

• survey

• observational study

• experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

You want to find out if people who eat a candy bar immediately before a math test get higher scores than people who do not.

• survey

• observational study

• experiment

What is your current age?

• biased

• unbiased

Do you think teachers should be required to attend all home and away football games?

• biased

• unbiased