Population & Samples

A student wants to know which type of pizza the students at his high school prefer. Which option would give a unbiased, representative sample:

• Asking all the students in the hot lunch line.
• Asking 10 random students from each homeroom.
• Asking every other student who gets off a school bus.
• Asking all the 10th graders.

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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

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I surveyed 100 people at a grocery store by selecting every 3rd person that entered, does this sample represent the local population?

• Yes, it is random and unbiased.

• Yes, it is random and biased.

• No, while it is random, it is also biased.

• No, while it is random, it is also unbiased.

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I drew 10 names from a hat containing the names of every student that I teach, what type of sample have I taken?

• A random sample.

• A biased sample.

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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 students who are often tardy
• thirty students who are rarely tardy
• thirty of her friends
• thirty randomly selected students from her school

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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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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 sends out a survey to a random sample of registered voters in Maine.  Is this random sampling?

• Yes
• No

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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

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The Candlelit-Dinner Candle Store surveys its Monday customers to find out their opinion on a new scented candle.  Is this biased or unbiased?

• Biased
• Unbiased

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A teacher decides to survey the students in her classes to find out their opinion on the new menu in the cafeteria.  Is this biased or unbiased?

• Biased
• Unbiased

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