Which method is most likely to produce a random sample of the members of your class?

writing the name of each student on a separate piece of paper and then drawing these slips from a hat

listing the first six students that come to mind

choosing the five oldest students in the class

selecting the first six students to arrive at class

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

You want to know what is the most favorite sport of 7th graders at BVMS. You ask 7th graders who want to participate to go to the office 5th period to complete a survey. This is...

Biased because it is a volunteer sample

Biased, because it is a convenience sample

Biased because it is an interval sample

At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey to decide where they want 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

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

Paul and Denise will collect data to find out where the 7th grade class should hold their end-of-the-year picnic. Which group should Paul and Denise survey to collect the best data?

10 randomly selected students from each of the four 7th grade classrooms

all of the students on the baseball team

the first 20 students in the lunch line

Tanya is helping the 7th grade plan their field trip. She wants to know where the students would like to visit on their field trip. Which is the BEST example of valid sampling?

Asking five students from each 7th grade homeroom where they would like to visit.

Asking Tanya's ten closest friends where they would like to visit

Asking the players on the girls' basketball team where they would like to visit

Asking the first five people in the lunch line where they would like to visit.

Two random samples of 100 Americans were surveyed about their favorite television programs. What can be inferred from the data?

More Americans prefer sports than comedy and drama combined.

A total of 25 Americans prefer dramas.

More Americans prefer comedy than drama.

47% of Americans prefer comedy.

Lance surveyed his class to see how many students have pets. The results are shown in the table. Which statement is true?

Over 1/2 of students own a dog.

Exactly 12% of students do not own a dog.

About 1/4 of students own a hamster.

About 20% of students own either a hamster or fish.

Sampling and Inferences

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The entire set of people or objects that is being studied.

Population

Sample

Sampling Plan

Data Point

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choosing a sample in a way that everyone has an equal chance of being in the sample.

Convenience Sampling

Random Sampling

Voluntary-Response Sampling

Systematic Sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A group of people or objects selected from a population.

Population

Sample

Sampling Plan

Data Point

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following would be the BEST definition for the word INFERENCE?

making a guess about something

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence AND reasoning

creating false presumptions

summarizing a portion of text

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of survey sample is it when one portion of the population is favored over another?

Unbiased sample

Biased sample

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of survey sample is it when the entire population is being equally represented?

Unbiased sample

Biased sample

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The table shows the results of a survey of 200 people attending a hockey game.
The attendance for the hockey game is about 25,000 visitors each game. Based on the table, how many people out of 25,000 could be expected to buy a pennant?

1,375

1,650

2,750

3,850

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

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Sampling and Inferences

The entire set of people or objects that is being studied.

Choosing a sample in a way that everyone has an equal chance of being in the sample.

A group of people or objects selected from a population.

Which of the following would be the BEST definition for the word INFERENCE?

What type of survey sample is it when one portion of the population is favored over another?

What type of survey sample is it when the entire population is being equally represented?

The table shows the results of a survey of 200 people attending a hockey game.
The attendance for the hockey game is about 25,000 visitors each game. Based on the table, how many people out of 25,000 could be expected to buy a pennant?

A high school has 1500 students. In a random sample of 50 students, 32 own one or more pets. Predict the number of students at the high school who own one or more pets.

Carrie spoke with the 27 donors who gave the most money. Is this a random sample of the donors?

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