H. Math 3 Last Quiz

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

• parameter
• statistic

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As of January 2007, 44% of the governors of the 50 states in the US are Republicans.

• parameter
• statistic

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Interview the first 30 students who enter the school in the morning. 

• simple random
• voluntary response
• systematic
• convenience

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Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She places all students' names in a container and picks out 20 to survey. 

• Convenience Sampling
• Systematic Sampling
• Random Sampling
• Volunteer response

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Disneyland often surveys its guests as they exit a restaurant during their visit. The surveyor stands at the restaurant exit, counts the number of people leaving, and surveys every 25th guest.
This is a form of:

• Random Sample
• Convenience Sampling
• Voluntary Response
• Systematic Sampling

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

• A. Biased
• B. Unbiased

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

• Biased
• Unbiased

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6. 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?

• A. Thirty randomly selected students from her school
• B. Thirty students who are rarely tardy
• thirty of her friends

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8. 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?

• A. To randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year.
• B. To randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location.

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9. 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?

• A. 20 students from each of the 5 local fifth- and sixth-grade schools.
• B. The first 100 students who go to a local baseball game

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3