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

The percentage of customers surveyed that reported a positive experience.

The percentage of all customers that reported a positive experience.

A random selection of customers that were surveyed.

A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a good job. Which choice best represents a statistic?

The percentage of townspeople surveyed who believe the mayor is doing a good job.

The percentage of all townspeople who believe the mayor is doing a good job.

A random selection of 100 townspeople.

A survey company was trying to see if people in a state thought the pollution was too high. Which choice best represents a parameter?

Percentage of all people in the state who thought the pollution was too high.

500 randomly selected residents of the state.

71% of the residents surveyed thought the pollution was too high.

A school principal wants to see which subject the 845 students in his school liked best. Which choice best represents a parameter?

700 of the 845 students prefer math.

100 of the 120 students surveyed prefer math.

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 can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample

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?

to randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location

to randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year

to ask all 7th grade teachers and administrators for a location

to ask the student council to choose a location

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?

The students will be selected from the choir

The students will be selected randomly throughout the school

The students will be selected on Wednesday afternoon before the choir concert

The choir director will select five students from each of the forty homerooms in the school

Which scenario would produce the least biased results?

asking athletes at a gym what their favorite television show is

asking shoppers at a store where their favorite place to shop is

asking fans at a baseball game who their favorite baseball team is

asking students in a college library what their favorite college sports team is

A state fair had 1,019,887 people in attendance. The fair committee performed a survey. The question was, “What do fairgoers enjoy most about the fair?” Of those who responded, 83% reported eating traditional foods. Which group of people represents the sample group?

Fair goers who responded to the survey

Fair goers who like traditional foods

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 randomly selected students from her school

thirty students who are often tardy

thirty students who are rarely tardy

Marcos wants to find out how many students at his school like to go to the movies. Which survey method is likely to produce a representative survey?

Ask the 25 students in his homeroom class.

Ask the boys in the boys locker room.

Ask students coming out of a movie theater.

Ask half of the 34 students on the soccer team.

A radio station in Raleigh, NC wants to know the most popular song of the week. The DJ surveys random listeners who call in throughout the week. What is the population of the DJ’s survey?

listeners of this radio station

the listeners who call the station

the most popular song of the week

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?

20 students from each of the 5 local fifth- and sixth-grade schools

100 students at the movie theater

the first 100 students who go to a local baseball game

5 students from each of the 20 local elementary schools

A factory manufactures light bulbs. The factory currently has 300 boxes of light bulbs in its warehouse. To test the quality of bulbs, Alex decides to take out a sample of bulbs and test them to see if they work. Which surveying method will give him the least valid results?

selecting one box randomly and then selecting all the bulbs from the box

selecting ten boxes randomly, mixing the bulbs of these boxes together and then selecting ten bulbs randomly

selecting ten boxes randomly and then selecting one bulb randomly from each box

selecting one bulb randomly from every tenth box

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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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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A musician wanted to see what people who bought his last album thought about the songs.
Which choice best represents a sample?

Every person who bought the album.

A selection of people who didn't want to buy the album.

250 girls who bought the album.

A selection of 3,294 people who bought the album.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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 of these.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A toy store owner is tracking how much kids spend each month on toys.
Which choice best represents a population?

All of the kids who buy toys.

227 rich kids.

228 boys age 7-15.

235 kids from age 10 to 15.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a food job.
Which choice best represents a sample?

1,000 unemployed voters

The mayor's family

The residents of the town

242 voters

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

A selection of voters over age 50.

All voters.

The percentage of voters in favor of the candidate.

53% of the selection of voters support the candidate.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

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Statistics: Population, Sample, Parameter, and Statistic

A beverage company wanted to see if people in the United States liked their new logo.Which choice best represents a population?

A musician wanted to see what people who bought his last album thought about the songs.Which choice best represents a sample?

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

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

A toy store owner is tracking how much kids spend each month on toys.Which choice best represents a population?

A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a food job.Which choice best represents a sample?

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

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

A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a good job.Which choice best represents a statistic?

A survey company was trying to see if people in a state thought the pollution was too high.Which choice best represents a parameter?

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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 musician wanted to see what people who bought his last album thought about the songs.
Which choice best represents a sample?

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

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

A toy store owner is tracking how much kids spend each month on toys.
Which choice best represents a population?

A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a food job.
Which choice best represents a sample?

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

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

A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a good job.
Which choice best represents a statistic?

A survey company was trying to see if people in a state thought the pollution was too high.
Which choice best represents a parameter?