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 not a good sample in this case?

The sample didn't include students.

The sample can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample

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 can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample

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 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 responded to the survey

Fair goers who like traditional foods

Ana wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?

thirty randomly selected students from her school

thirty students who are often tardy

thirty students who are rarely tardy

A radio station in Raleigh, NC wants to know the most popular song of the week. The DJ surveys random listeners who call in throughout the week. What is the population of the DJ’s survey?

listeners of this radio station

the listeners who call the station

the most popular song of the week

Mrs. Croix is conducting a survey to find out the favorite snack of fifth and sixth graders. She will ask a sample of 100 students. Which of the groups below should be surveyed to get the BEST representative sample?

20 students from each of the 5 local fifth- and sixth-grade schools

100 students at the movie theater

the first 100 students who go to a local baseball game

5 students from each of the 20 local elementary schools

A factory manufactures light bulbs. The factory currently has 300 boxes of light bulbs in its warehouse. To test the quality of bulbs, Alex decides to take out a sample of bulbs and test them to see if they work. Which surveying method will give him the least valid results?

selecting one box randomly and then selecting all the bulbs from the box

selecting ten boxes randomly, mixing the bulbs of these boxes together and then selecting ten bulbs randomly

selecting ten boxes randomly and then selecting one bulb randomly from each box

selecting one bulb randomly from every tenth box

Dylan wants to know how the students at his school rate the cafeteria. He surveyed his school's basketball team to rate the school cafeteria. Is this a biased sample of the school's population?

Yes, because it is a convenience survey

No, the basketball team has the smartest students

Yes, because it's voluntary survey

No, he should have asked the football team

Sage wants to know which recreational activity is most popular in Heard County. Which survey question is the least biased prompt for collecting this data?

How do you like to spend your free time?

Are you one of those country boys who hunts all the time?

Do you play those violent video games?

Do you sit at home and read books all the time?

Which question is biased ?

Do you prefer Taylor Swift or the scandalous Miley Cyrus?

Do you prefer flip flops or sandals?

Should we be required to wear school uniforms?

Do you think a Wal-Mart should be built in town?

Which of the following questions is unbiased ?

What was the score of the football game last Friday?

Have you tried those nasty new flavors of Lays potato chips?

Do you think the government should be able to spy on all of your private text messages?

Do you think our awesome principal is a great leader for our school?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?

Simple

Systematic

Stratified

Cluster

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys. This type of sampling is called?

Stratified

Systematic

Simple

Cluster

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This sample consists of the entire population

convenience

census

cluster

simple

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This sample is selected by dividing the population into subgroups and then taking a fixed number of units from each group using the simple random sample.

stratified

cluster

judgment

experimental

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Zoie completes a report by asking 70 students across campus. She found that 48% of CTMS students do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. What is the sample size?

100

CTMS students

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

According to a random telephone survey of 200 adults, 75% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. What is the population in this survey?

200 adults

adults in the U.S.

75% of adults

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A recent survey of 800 seventh graders from across the state shows 4 out of 10 like to play paper football. How many students said they like to play paper football?

40 students

200 students

320 students

8,000 students

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

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Sampling Review

Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?

Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys. This type of sampling is called?

This sample consists of the entire population

This sample is selected by dividing the population into subgroups and then taking a fixed number of units from each group using the simple random sample.

Zoie completes a report by asking 70 students across campus. She found that 48% of CTMS students do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. What is the sample size?

According to a random telephone survey of 200 adults, 75% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. What is the population in this survey?

A recent survey of 800 seventh graders from across the state shows 4 out of 10 like to play paper football. How many students said they like to play paper football?

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 not a good sample in this case?

The part of the population being studied is called the

Assign each car in a dealership a number and then use a random-number table to select the cars to be inspected.

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