Samples & Biased quiz review

A school principal wants to offer

an after-school club setting. She

decides to survey the entire

student body about this. Which

word best describes the survey

she conducts?

• sample

• Data

• Population

• Prediction

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A candidate for city chancellor

wants to poll voters to see how well her

campaign is going. What collection

method should she use to gather her

information?

• Polling

  random

  grocery

  shoppers at the

  local market

• Posting signs

  around town

  asking people to

  call in to voice

  their opinion

• Calling a

  group of

  randomly

  selected

  registered

  voters

The class has been assigned

the task of predicting the next

student council president. Which

question is most appropriate for

this task?

• Do you like

  Janelle or

  Tristan?

• Are you going

  to be voting in

  the student

  council election?

• Are you

  going to vote

  for Janelle or

  Tristan?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Hanna is a statistician for a very

prominent soda company that markets

to the entire US. However, she is

currently in trouble because her latest

prediction was not accurate. Identify

the problem area of her survey.

• She randomly selected people from each state

  where their products are sold.

• She asked them to rate 10 products on a scale of 1-

  10 (1 being least favorite and 10 being most favorite)

• She selected a total of 5 people from each state.

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

In a recent poll to measure

Hugo’s progress in his election

campaign, 74 out of 150 people in

the random sampling support him

in his efforts. What is the best

conclusion based on the polls?

• Hugo is in a

  close race.

• Hugo is going

  to win the

  election.

• Hugo is

  going to lose

  the election.

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CCSS.7.SP.A.2

Which group would NOT be a

good random sample of students

in a middle school?

• Every 5th

  student in a

  line of all the

  students

  arranged by

  height

• The tallest

  four students

  (two boys and

  two girls)in each

  homeroom

• Every 12th

  student to

  arrive to

  school on

  Monday

  morning

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Killeen, TX would like to create a new

city park for families to visit. They have

randomly surveyed 100 people and found

that 78 people from the sample support

building and creating a new city park. What

is the best conclusion?

• The city

  should begin

  the process of

  building a new

  city park.

• The city

  should not begin

  building a new

  city park.

• The city

  should build a

  new water

  park instead.

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CCSS.7.SP.A.2

Which group would be a good

random sample of people in a city?

• Posting

  flyers at all of

  the gas

  stations in the

  city asking for

  participants.

• Selecting 20

  people at

  random from

  the local mall

  and grocery

  stores.

• C. Choosing

  every 20th

  person from

  the city’s most

  recent census

  register(all the people in the city)

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A girl scout wants to gather

information about the favorite type of

cookie. She decided to survey every

4th person who exits the grocery store.

Which word best describes the survey

she conducts?

• Sample

• Data

• Population

• Prediction

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A candidate for student council

wants to poll students to see how well

his campaign is going. What collection

method should he use to gather his

information?

• Polling

  random

  students in the

  library.

• Posting signs

  around school

  asking people to

  call him to voice

  their opinion

• C. Polling

  every 5th

  student to

  enter the

  building in the

  morning.