TOPIC 6-1 Quiz

A theme park has many attractions, one of which is the roller coaster. Are the people who ride the roller coaster, the population or a sample of the theme park?

• Population. They are all the people at the theme park

• Sample. They are a subset of the people at the theme park

• Both population and sample. They are all the people at the theme park

• Neither population nor sample. They are not the people at the theme park

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Lana and Jeff each randomly surveyed 15 students about their favorite types of movies. Are these samples representative of the school population?

• No, the samples are not large enough to be representative

• Yes, both samples are random so they are representative

• No, the samples might include some of the same people, so they are not representative

• Yes, the samples do not include the same people, so they are representative

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The principal at Marina Middle School wants to determine if the 120 students in the 7th grade prefer to visit the aquarium or the science museum for their end of year trip. Select all the sets of people that would be a representative sample of the population.

• 20 6th grade students

  20 7th grade students

  20 8th grade students

• 10 7th grade boys

  10 7th grade girls

• 25 7th grade students

• 15 7th grade boys

  5 teachers

• 25 students from the school

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The Longboat Key town council wants to know if residents are in favor of a traffic camera at the main intersection in town. The drivers who reside in Longboat Key are........

• NOT a representative sample

• A representative sample

• A population

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The Longboat Key town council wants to know if residents are in favor of a traffic camera at the main intersection in town. The residents of Longboat Key........

• NOT a representative sample

• A representative sample

• A population

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The Longboat Key town council wants to know if residents are in favor of a traffic camera at the main intersection in town. The residents randomly chosen from the town register........

• NOT a representative sample

• A representative sample

• A population

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Students in Mrs. Walsh’s math class wanted to know the favorite snacks of students in the school. How could they generate a random sample to survey?

• Line up the students by height and choose the first 20 students

• Use the school roster and randomly choose 50 boys

• Obtain an alphabetized list of all the students in the school and select every seventh grader

• Place all the names of the students in the school in a hat and randomly select 50 students

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