AP Stats Sampling Distributions

The Gallup Poll asked a random sample of 1785 adults whether they attended church during the past week.  Let p-hat be the proportion of people in the sample who attended church.  A newspaper report claims that 40% of all U.S. adults went to church last week.  Suppose this claim is true. 
What is the mean of the sampling distribution of p-hat?

• 0.4
• 0.44
• 0.56
• 0.6

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.MD.A.2

28% of all Woodrow students believe Monday will be snow day. You take a sample of 50 students and find that 15 of them believe Monday will be a snow day. What does 50 represent? 

• n
• P
• phat
• standard deviation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

What happens to the shape of a sampling distribution of sample means as n increases?

• It becomes narrower and bimodal.
• It becomes narrower and more normal.
• It becomes wider and skewed right. 
• It becomes wider and more normal. 

These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

• The Population
• The Sample
• The Sampling Distribution

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

• The Population
• The Sample
• The Sampling Distribution

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

• The Population
• The Sample
• The Sampling Distribution

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

At a particular college, 78% of all students are receiving some kind of financial aid.The school newspaper selects a random sample of 100 students and 72% of the respondents say they are receiving some sort of financial aid. Which of the following is true?

•  78% is a population and 72% is a sample.
• 72% is a population and 78% is a sample
• 78% is a parameter and 72% is a statistic
• 72% is a parameter and 78% is a statistic

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

A statistic is biased if...

• the value of the statistic from any sample is NOT equal to the parameter
• The value of the statistic from any sample IS equal to the parameter
• The mean of the sampling distribution is NOT equal to the true value of the parameter
• The mean of the sampling distribution IS equal to the vali

A statistic is unbiased if...

• the value of the statistic from any sample is NOT equal to the parameter
• The value of the statistic from any sample IS equal to the parameter
• The mean of the sampling distribution is NOT equal to the true value of the parameter
• The mean of the sampling distribution IS equal to the value of the population mean

In a large population, 46% of the households own DVD recorders. A simple random sample of 100 households from this population is to be contacted and the sample proportion computed. Which of the following expressions represents the probability that more than half the households sampled will own a DVD recorder?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E