Susan polled 587 people throughout each city in her county.  Each city is the same size.  Is this sample of the residents of cities in the county likely to be biased?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

Eric surveyed 402 employees at the company who worked in Marketing.  Is this a random sample of the employees at the company in general?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

Josie threw a handful of identically shaped buttons into the air, then collected the 27 buttons that landed in a target on the floor.  Is this a random sample of the buttons?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

Leslie surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school.  Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

Henry surveyed the first 7 celebrities to arrive at the movie premiere.  Is this sample of celebrities likely to be biased?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

Suzie examined 7 flowers in each planter at the mall.  Each planter has an equal number of flowers.  Is this sample of the flowers at the mall likely to be representative?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

Patrick polled the first 27 people to attend the WMS band concert.  Is this sample of the concert attendees likely to be representative?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

A teacher examined 17 different tests from each of her math classes.  Each class had the same number of tests.  Is this sample of the tests likely to be biased?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

Colton polled 22 people at the town senior center.  Is this a random sample of the town residents?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

Karen surveyed the first seven shoppers at the produce stand.  Is this sample of shoppers at the produce stand likely to be biased?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2