Advanced Ch10 Quiz

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 ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year
• to randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location
• to ask all 7th grade teachers and administrators for a location
• to ask the student council to choose a location

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

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

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

The graph shows the results of a survey to determine student's favorite pets. Why is this graph misleading?

• The slices are the wrong color

• The slices are not the correct size

• The percents do not add up to 100

• Not misleading

A table shows the average of 3, 6, 4, 2, and 100. Is this data misleading, why?

• Yes, because 100 is an extreme outlier
• No, because all the numbers are less than 1000. 
• No, because 100 fits into the data set.
• Yes, because 2 is an outlier 

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Kim surveys 100 moviegoers that entered the movie theater in the first hour.  What type of sampling method is this?

• Random
• Convenience
• Biased

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What is the mode in the set of data?
2,2,2,4,4,5,6,6,6,7

• 2
• 6
• 2 and 6
• 2,4, and 6

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

find the median of

60 30 50 20 40

• 50

• 40

• 45

• 5

There was a survey that was conducted to see how many people like to play board games. The total amount of people who completed the survey is unknown. The statistics from the survey show 5 in every 13 people agree. How many people could be estimated to complete this survey if the total amount that chose board games was 70 people?

• 5 people

• 100 people

• 182 people

• 10 people

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

According to a random telephone survey, 85% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. If I asked 500 adults, how many do you predict would be satisfied with their current job?

• 85 adults
• 340 adults
• 500 adults
• 425 adults

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

What is the mean of the following list of numbers?

9, 9, 14, 7, 12, 8, 11, 19, 15, 11

• 9

• 10

• 11.5

• 12.5

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5