Populations vs. Samples

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

• A selection of logo artists.

• Every person in the United States.

• A selection of shoppers from different states.

• 3,800 children age 5 - 15

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

• Every person who bought the album.

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

• 250 girls who bought the album

• A selection of 3,294 people who bought the album.

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

• Visitors to the 3DS section.

• All of the website visitors.

• Visitors to the PS4 section.

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

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A toy store owner tracking how much kids spend each month on toys. Which choice best represents a population?

• All of the kids who buy toys.

• 227 wealthy kids.

• 228 boys age 7 - 15

• 235 kids from age 10 to 15.

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Determine whether you would survey the population or a sample:

You want to know the average height of seventh-graders in Tallahassee.

• Survey the population

• Survey a sample

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Determine whether you would survey the population or a sample:

You want to know the favorite types of music of students in your homeroom.

• Survey the population

• Survey a sample

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Determine whether you would survey the population or a sample:

You want to know the number of students in Florida who have summer jobs.

• Survey the population

• Survey a sample

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Identify the following data set:

....a survey of just Mr. Winking’s students in ratings of Meadow creek High School for a study on Meadow creek High School

• Population

• Sample

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Identify the following data set:

....a manager of a movie theater was asking customers at the concession stand how they would rate the theater’s staff

• Population

• Sample

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Identify the following data set:

....In as study about all of the runners in the Peachtree road race last year, the first 10 and the last 50 runners to finish were asked what type of shoe they preferred for the race.

• Sample

• Population

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