Population & Sample Quiz

Ms. Carson wants to know what the students at NMS's favorite ice-cream flavor is. She asks her students what their favorite flavor is. What is the population?

• Students at NMS

• Mrs. Carson's students

• All staff members at NMS

• All 7th grade students

Ms. Carson wants to know what the students at NMS's favorite ice-cream flavor is. She asks her students what their favorite flavor is. What is the sample?

• Students at NMS

• Mrs. Carson's students

• Staff members at NMS

• 7th grade students

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2

_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.

• Sample

• Population

• Random Sample

• Quartile

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

_______ is the entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.

• Sample

• Population

• Random Sample

• Quartile

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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

• Every person who listened to the album.

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

• 250 girls who listened to the album

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

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Which survey question is most likely to result in an unbiased sample?

• Which do you like better, delicious apples or boring oranges?

• Do you prefer apples, like I do, or oranges?

• Don't you prefer apples to oranges?

• Which do you prefer, apples or oranges?

1.  Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team. What type of sample would this be?

• Biased
• Unbiased

Biased or Random?

Chloe and Danna want to determine the favorite subject of all students in the middle school. So they place every middle school student's name in a bucket and choose 30 to poll.

• Biased sample

• Random sample

You want to know your town’s favorite fast-food restaurant. You randomly ask 30 people their preference as they leave a McDonald’s restaurant.

• Biased

• Random