Basic Statistics Terms

_______ is the entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

As part of a 6th grade statistics project, the teacher brings a candy jar full of gumballs (red & green). The assignment is to estimate the proportion of red gumballs in the jar. Suppose one of the students draws 25 gumballs from the jar: 8 are red, 17 are green. What is the POPULATION?

• students
• red gumballs
• all gumballs in jar
• 25 gumballs drawn

As part of a 6th grade statistics project, the teacher brings a candy jar full of gumballs (red & green). The assignment is to estimate the proportion of red gumballs in the jar. Suppose one of the students draws 25 gumballs from the jar: 8 are red, 17 are green. What is the SAMPLE?

• 25 gumballs drawn
• all gumballs in the jar
• the students
• the 17 green gumballs

As part of a 6th grade statistics project, the teacher brings a candy jar full of gumballs (red & green). The assignment is to estimate the proportion of red gumballs in the jar. Suppose one of the students draws 25 gumballs from the jar: 8 are red, 17 are green. Which statistic is reasonable?

• 100% of the gumballs are orange
• There are more red than green gumballs
• 25 % of the gumballs are green
• 32% of the gumballs are red

The city of Cleansburg has 8325 registered voters. In an election for mayor, 3 candidates are Smith, Jones, and Brown. The day before the election a poll of 680 randomly chosen voters produced these results: 306 Smith, 272 Jones, 102 Brown. What is the population?

• the 8325 registered voters
• the 680 voters polled
• people who voted for Brown
• the 3 candidates

The 1250 students at Eureka High School are having an election for Homecoming King. The candidates are Tomlinson (captain of the football team), Garcia (class president), and Marsalis (member of marching band). At the football game a week before the election, a poll taken from students entering a football game shows 203 for Tomlinson, 42 for Garcia, and 105 for Marsalis. What is the POPULATION?

• the students polled at the game
• the 1250 students of Eureka High School
• the 3 candidates for Homecoming King
• the residents of the Eureka community

A school principal wants to see which subject the 695 students in his school liked best.   Which choice BEST represents a sample?

• The girls in the school.
• 1 classroom for each grade
• All the students in the school.
• The students making a B in math.

A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned.  Which choice BEST represents a population?

• Visitors with an 'e' in their user name.
• Visitors to the 3DS section.
• Visitors over 22.
• All the website visitors.

The average annual salary for 35 of a company's 1200 accountants is $68,000.

• parameter
• statistic