Population Samples HW

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?

• thirty students who are often tardy
• thirty students who are rarely tardy
• thirty of her friends
• thirty randomly selected students from her school

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

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

• Biased
• Unbiased

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

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

• Biased
• Unbiased

A school randomly chose ten English teachers and asked them which type of juice their students would prefer. Which reason best shows why this sample is biased?

• The sample didn't include students.
• The sample is too small.
• The sample can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

A group of librarians are interested in the numbers of books and other media that patrons check out from their library. They examine the checkout records of 150 randomly selected adult patrons.

• The population is all adult patrons of the library; the sample is the 150 patrons selected.

• The population is all patrons of the library; the sample is the adult patrons of the library.

• The population is all patrons who check out at least 1 book from the library; the sample is the 150 patrons selected.

Before a nation wide election, a polling place was trying to see who would win. Which choice best represents a sample?

• A selection of voters over age 50.

• A selection of male voters.

• A selection of voters of different ages.

• All voters.

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Identify the Sample:
A restaurant wants to know if their customers buy dessert when they eat out. As people leave the restaurant one evening, 20 people are surveyed at random. Eight people say they usually order dessert when they eat out. The restaurant concluded that most customers do not order dessert.

• 20 customers
• All customers
• 8 customers
• Dessert

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

What does it mean to show bias?

• to be conceited

• to favor one side over another

• to refuse to take a side

• to show selfishness

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CCSS.RL.5.6

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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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

Identify the Population:
Gwinnett County Public Schools randomly selected 230 teachers to find out which technology resource is the most effective. 30 teachers chose Safari Montage, 45 selected Learn Zillion, 100 chose Ed Puzzle, and 55 chose Kahoot. GCPS concluded that all teachers prefer Ed Puzzle.

• 230 Teachers
• All teachers
• 100 Teachers
• 55 Teachers

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2