A beverage company wanted to see if people in the United States liked their new logo. Which choice best represents a population?

Every person in the United States.

A selection of shoppers from different states.

A musician wanted to see what people who bought his last album thought about the songs. Which choice best represents a sample? .

A random selection of people who bought the album.

Every person who bought the album.

A selection of people who didn't want to buy the album.

A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned. Which choice best represents a population?

Visitors who are on the website for more than 5 minutes.

Before a nation-wide election, a polling place was trying to see who would win. Which choice best represents a sample?

A selection of voters of different ages.

A selection of voters over age 50.

A restaurant chain wanted to find out how the customer experience was in a store. Which choice best represents a sample?

All of the people who ate at the store.

240 customers who spent more than $10.

299 customers who filled out complaint cards.

Administrators at Riverview High School surveyed a random sample of 100 of their seniors to see how seniors at the school felt about the lunch offering at the school's cafeteria.

The population is all seniors at Riverview High; the sample is the 100 seniors surveyed.

The population is all high school seniors in the world; the sample is all of the seniors at Riverview High.

The population is all students at Riverview High; the sample is all of the seniors at Riverview High.

A group of librarians are interested in the numbers of books and other media that patrons check out from their library. They examine the checkout records of 150 randomly selected adult patrons.

The population is all adult patrons of the library; the sample is the 150 patrons selected.

The population is all patrons of the library; the sample is the adult patrons of the library.

The population is all patrons who check out at least 111 book from the library; the sample is the 150 patrons selected.

Lucio wants to know whether the food he serves in his restaurant are within a safe range of temperatures. He randomly selects 70 entrees and measures their temperatures just before he serves them to his customers.

The population is all of the entrees Lucio serves; the sample is the 70 selected entrees.

The population is all of the hot entrees Lucio serves; the sample is the entrees that are a safe temperature.

The population is the 70 selected entrees; the sample is the entrees that are a safe temperature.

A quality control engineer is curious about the thickness of paint on a car at her factory. She randomly selects 30 points on the car and measures the paint thickness at each of those points.

The population is every car at the factory; the sample is the 30 selected points.

The population is every possible point on the car; the sample is the 30 selected points.

The population is every car at the factory; the sample is the 1 car she is curious about.

A pediatrician randomly selected 10 parents of his patients. Then he surveyed the parents about their opinions of different kinds of diapers.

The population is the parents of the pediatrician's patients; the sample is the 10 parents of patients selected

The population is the parents of the pediatrician's patients who wear diapers; the sample is the parents of all of the pediatrician's patients.

The population is the pediatrician's patients; the sample is the 10 patients selected.

Statistical Data Sets

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HSS.IC.A.1, 6.SP.A.1, 7.SP.A.1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a population?

A tool used to collect statistical data

Statistics collected from an entire population

All the people or objects on which data is collected

A group chosen from a population

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is statistics?

The science of collecting and analysing data

Statistics collected from an entire population

An element or feature that can vary

A group chosen from a population

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is data?

The practise of collecting and analysing data

The factual information collected from a survey or other source

An element or feature that can vary

A group chosen from a population

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a sample?

A tool used to collect statistical data

Statistics collected from an entire population

The factual information collected from a survey or other source

A subgroup chosen from a population

The part of the population being studied

population

sample

random

How many books are in every cupboard of your house?

Statistical

Non Statistical

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Statistical

Non Statistical

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