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Bias in Sampling 5.03

Authored by Ms. Sigrid Gulbis

Mathematics

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Bias in Sampling 5.03
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why do we randomly select our samples?

to control every aspect
reduce bias
so we don't get the same answers from everyone
because it is easier to do

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.

Sample
Population
Random Sample
Quartile

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

_________ is a sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has na equal chance of being selected.

Sample
Population
Random Sample
Quartile

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Leslie surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school.  Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative of all the students in the school?

yes
no

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A U.S. senator from Maine wants to find out the opinion of the voters in his state on issues concerning education.  The office of the senator passes out surveys on ten street corners in the five major cities in the state of Maine.  Is this random?

Yes
No

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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 boys in the boys locker room.
Ask the 25 students in his homeroom class.
Ask students coming out of a movie theater.
Ask half of the 34 students on the soccer team.

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What type of sampling?  A student asks 12 friends to participate in a psychology experiment. 

Random sample
Convenience sample
Stratified Random sample
Census

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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