Population, Sample, and Bias

1. A sample in which every person, object, or event has an equal chance of being selected.

• A. Random sample.
• B. Biased sample.

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2. When a sample does not accurately represent the population it is a:

• A. Unbiased sample
• B. Biased sample

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3. A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting.

• A. Biased
• B. Unbiased

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

• A. Biased
• B. Unbiased

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

• Biased
• Unbiased

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6. 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?

• A. Thirty randomly selected students from her school
• B. Thirty students who are rarely tardy
• thirty of her friends

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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7. 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?

• A. The students will be selected from the choir.
• B. The students will be selected randomly throughout the school.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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8. At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey for where to go on a field trip.
Which method will result in the least biased decision?

• A. To randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year.
• B. To randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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9. 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?

• A. 20 students from each of the 5 local fifth- and sixth-grade schools.
• B. The first 100 students who go to a local baseball game

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10. A teacher decides to survey the students in her classes to find out their opinion on the new menu in the cafeteria.  Is this biased or unbiased?

• Biased
• Unbiased

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