Sample vs Population

A poll is taken from 100 seniors in a high school where the senior class has 575 students. This is an example of a ______________.

• Sample

• Population

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A beverage company wanted to see if people in the United States liked their new logo.

Which choice best represents a population?

• A selection of logo artists.

• Every person in the United States.

• A selection of shoppers from different shoppers from different states.

• 3,800 children age 5-15

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

• Visitors to the 3DS section.

• All of the website visitors.

• Visitors to the PS4 section.

• Visitors who are on the website for more than 5 minutes.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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A restaurant chain wanted to find out how the customer experience was in a store. Which choice best represents a sample?

• 1 out of every 35 customers

• All of the people who ate at the store.

• 240 customers who spent more than $10.

• 299 customers who filled out complaint cards.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Determine whether you would survey the population or a sample:

You want to know the average height of seventh-graders in Tallahassee.

• Survey the population

• Survey a sample

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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A new cable TV station wants to study the viewing habits of households.  The station surveys every household that purchased a new TV within the last 2 years in New York.  Is this random sampling?

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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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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Identify the Sample:
A restaurant wants to know if 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

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