Statistics

Your school newspaper is conducting a survey to find out which school sports team is most popular.  How would it most likely get a random sample from the student population?

• By asking every fifth person entering the basketball game
• By asking 10 students from every homeroom
• By asking the parents
• By asking the students on the pep club

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Your school hosted a living history museum and you have been asked to determine if the event was well prepared.  Which of the following will give you the most random sample for your survey?

• Ask all of the students who participated in the living history museum
• Ask any 5 students from every class who visited the living history museum
• All the students in the school history club
• Ask the history teachers

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Kiki wants to know which brand of athletic shoe is most popular with the students at her school.  Which survey plan results in a random sample?

• Survey only her friends
• Survey the students in her science class
• Survey the students as they enter the school
• Survey the students at the local shoe store 

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Your school librarian wants to survey students to find out which new books she should purchase for the library.  Which would provide her with a random sample of the student population?

• Survey the football team
• Survey the students in the history club
• survey the students in the lunch room
• Survey the students in the book club

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Your teacher needs 5 students to help set up for the dance.  Which would represent a random method for her to choose students.  

• Select the 5 students with the highest GPA
• Place the names of the students on the BETA club in a hat and draw out 5 names
• ask the teachers to vote
• Place the names of all students in the school in a hat and draw out 5 names

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

The school wants to determine which teachers are computer literate.  Which approach represents a random sample?

• Survey the technology teachers in the district
• Survey every 10th teacher based on their hire date
• Survey all female teachers
• Survey the high school teachers

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

You want to know what the 7th grade students think of their science class.  You poll 100 random 7th graders. Random or not?

• random
• not random

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A hip-hop radio station wants to know what type of music is the most popular.  They ask their listeners to call in and select their favorite type of music.Random or not?

• random
• not random

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What is the minimum value?

• 64
• 58
• 66
• 60

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CCSS.3.MD.B.4

What is the maximum value?

• 58
• 66
• 64
• 60

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CCSS.3.MD.B.4