D137 Activity: Sample of a Population

Determine if the following is a random sample or biased sample.

Carol wants to find out the favorite foods of students at her middle school. She asks the boys’ basketball team about their favorite foods.

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

Determine if the following is a random sample or biased sample.

Dallas wants to know what elective subjects the students at his school like best. He surveys students who are leaving band class.

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

Determine if the following is a random sample or biased sample.

To choose a sample for a survey of seventh graders, the student council puts pieces of paper with names of all the seventh graders in a bag and selects 20 names.

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

Determine if the following is a random sample or biased sample.

Sarah wants to know the favorite music of everyone at her high school. She puts everyone’s name into an online randomizer and chooses 100 people.

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

Determine if the following is a random sample or biased sample.

The student council wants to know everyone’s favorite punch flavor for an upcoming dance. They decide to ask their members at their next meeting.

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

Determine if the following is a random sample or biased sample.

A store wants to know how well customers are liking their products. They randomly select 50 customers for their opinion.

• Random Sample

• Biased Sample

Determine whether the following question is biased or not biased.

Would your favorite color be yellow?

• Biased

• Not Biased

Determine whether the following question is biased or not biased.

Would you support the installation of a round-a-bout in downtown?

• Biased

• Not Biased

Determine whether the following question is biased or not biased.

What is your favorite season?

• Biased

• Not Biased

Determine whether the following question is biased or not biased.

Heidi decides to use a random sample to determine her classmates’ favorite color. She asks “Is green your favorite color?”

• Biased

• Not Biased