Biased and Unbiased Questions

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate my awesome and exciting class. (Yes Ms. Hernandez wrote this question).

• Biased

• Unbiased

Are you willing to deal with all the troubles of a new highway to get a new mall in town?

• Biased

• Unbiased

Determine if the following study is biased.

A senator wants to how she is doing. She sends a survey to 1000 registered voters in her party.

• Biased

• Unbiased

This method produces values that systematically differ from the population being sampled.

• valid sample

• variable sample

• biased sample

• cluster sample

A high school is going to have a party for their graduating seniors. They want to serve food that most of the seniors like. They pick 25 random names from a hat and survey those students. Is this a biased sample or unbiased sample?

• Biased Sample

• Unbiased Sample

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

• Biased

• Unbiased

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

• Biased

• Unbiased

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

• Biased

• Unbiased

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

• Biased

• Unbiased

You want to know your town’s favorite fast-food restaurant. You randomly ask 30 people their preference as they leave a McDonald’s restaurant.

• Biased (Unfair)

• Unbiased (Fair)