Samples and Surveys

An examination of public opinion, attitudes, or behavior.

• population

• sample

• survey

• bias

A group of people or things.

• survey

• population

• sample

• median

A part of the population to be surveyed.

• survey

• sample

• population

• bias

Each member of the population has an equally likely chance of being selected to participate in a .....

• convenience sample

• random sample

Members of the population or group are chosen because they are readily available.

• representative sample

• convenience sample

Anything that favors a particular outcome

• bias

• survey

• sample

• population

Displays one category broken down into intervals

• histogram

• bar graph

All bars on this graph have the same width

• histogram

• bar graph

There are no spaces between the bars in a bar graph. True or False

• True

• False

Data is derived from a frequency table on this type of graph.

• histogram

• bar graph