6a - 4.4 Lesson 4 - Population vs Sample

Hotspot

Select the correct vocabulary word to complete the statement.

Match

Match the following.

• The population being studied is...

• The sample being used is...

• The best math teacher is...

Students in the Volusia County School District.

The students that are interviewed for the study.

Mr. Siedell no question!

• Students in the Volusia County School District.

• The students that are interviewed for the study.

• Mr. Siedell no question!

Match

Match the following.

• The population is:

• The sample is:

• The best subject in school is:

The adults in Jacksonville, Florida.

The first person coming into the UNF library every 30 minutes.

Math

• The adults in Jacksonville, Florida.

• The first person coming into the UNF library every 30 minutes.

• Math

Multiple Choice

Which method will provide the best sample?

• Method 1: Ask everyone on her basketball team who they are voting for.

• Method 2: Ask every third student waiting in the lunch line who they are voting for.

• Method 3: Ask the first 15 7th graders to arrive at school one morning who they are voting for.

Multiple Choice

Which method will provide the best sample?

• Method 1: Ask the first adult every 30 minutes that are leaving a grocery store, the average amount of caffeine they consume each day.

• Method 2: Ask 20 adults that are leaving a coffee shop at 10 AM the average amount of caffeine they consume a day.

• Method 3: Ask the first 35 adults that enter a grocery store at 8 AM the average amount of caffeine they consume a day.

Multiple Select

Select all the options that would produce a random sample.

• Survey the first 50 people that walk in the doors.

• Survey everyone at his jazz band practice.

• Survey two randomly chosen students in every homeroom.

• Assign each student in the school a number, randomly choose 50 numbers, and survey those students.

• Survey every third student that he sees on his walk to school.