Population and Sample

A survey company was trying to see if people in a state thought the pollution was too high. Which choice BEST represents the population to be surveyed?

• A selection of people from each neighborhood in the state.

• A selection of people who live in small towns.

• Every person in the state.

• A selection of people who live in dirty neighborhoods.

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A school principal wants to see which subject the 695 students in his school liked best. Which choice BEST represents a representative sample?

• The girls in the school.

• 1 classroom for each grade

• All the students in the school.

• The students making a B in math.

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A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned. Which choice BEST represents the population in this situation?

• Visitors with an 'e' in their user name.

• Visitors to the 3DS section.

• Visitors over 22.

• All the website visitors.

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The entire group studied.

• sample
• population

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The part of the population being studied

• population
• sample
• random

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A toy store owner is tracking how much kids spend each month on toys. Which choice BEST represents a sample?

• All of the kids who buy toys.

• 275 rich kids

• 200 random kids of all ages

• 292 boys ages 7-15

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What is the sample and population?
Number of McDonald's in a 25 miles² area of Maui...

• Population:  Number of McDonald's Sample:  25 miles² of Maui

• Population: Number of all McDonald's in Maui

  Sample:  Number of McDonald's in 25 sq miles of Maui

• Population:  25 miles² Sample:  Maui

• Population:  Maui Sample:  Number of McDonald's

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6. 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?

• A. Thirty randomly selected students from her school
• B. Thirty students who are rarely tardy
• thirty of her friends

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True or False: all samples lead to a good prediction about an entire population.

• True
• False

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The manager of a book store surveys people who buy mystery novels to see if the store should expand its hours.  What is the population?

• People who visit the bookstore.
• People who buy mystery novels.
• Residents of the town
• People who like to read.

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