What is bias

Determine if the following study is biased.

Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team.

• A. Biased

• B. Unbiased

Determine if the following study is biased.

To see who has a computer at home the front office asks 10 randomly chosen students from each grade.

• Biased

• Unbiased

Determine if the following study is biased.

A company makes DVDs and randomly selects 25 from 1500 to test them to see if they work.

• Biased

• Unbiased

Determine if the following study is biased.

A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff if they would use the gym.

• Biased

• Unbiased

Determine if the following study is biased.

The first 100 people at the park Thursday were asked if dogs should be off leashes in the park.

• Biased

• Unbiased

At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey for where to go on a field trip. Which method will result in the least biased decision?

• to randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year
• to randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location
• to ask all 7th grade teachers and administrators for a location
• to ask the student council to choose a location

A school randomly chose ten English teachers and asked them which type of juice their students would prefer. Which reason best shows why this sample is biased?

• The sample didn't include students.
• The sample is too small.
• The sample can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample

The choir director in a high school wants to know how the students in the school feel about singing. If the director selects 100 girls and 100 boys to complete a survey, which method will result in a biased sample?

• The students will be selected from the choir
• The students will be selected randomly throughout the school
• The students will be selected on Wednesday afternoon before the choir concert
• The choir director will select five students from each of the forty homerooms in the school

Which scenario would produce the least biased results?

• asking athletes at a gym what their favorite television show is
• asking shoppers at a store where their favorite place to shop is
• asking fans at a baseball game who their favorite baseball team is
• asking students in a college library what their favorite college sports team is

A state fair had 1,019,887 people in attendance. The fair committee performed a survey. The question was, “What do fairgoers enjoy most about the fair?” Of those who responded, 83% reported eating traditional foods. Which group of people represents the sample group?

• Fair goers who like traditional foods
• The fair committee
• Fair goers who responded to the survey
• All fair goers