Populations and Samples Quiz #1

_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

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

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

Leslie surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school.  Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative of all the students in the school?

• yes
• no

You want to know how many students catch the bus to go home.  You go to the bus stop and ask students how they go home from school.  Is this an effective sample?

• YES

• NO

The entire group studied.

• sample
• population

Teachers want to know how many sports students on the Blue Team play. What would be an appropriate way to gather a sample?

• put all student names in a hat and randomly pick 20 names

• ask the first twenty students who enter the cafeteria

A random survey of 7th graders finds that 7 out of 10 have more than 1 hour of screen time each day. If there are 110 7th graders in your school, how many would you expect to have more than 1 hour of screen time?

• 77

• 70

• 75

• 81

What time did the students in class wake up this morning?

• STATISTICAL

• NON

  STATISTICAL

How tall is the tallest person in class?

• STATISTICAL

• NON

  STATISTICAL

How many books have each of my friends read this year?

• STATISTICAL

• NON

  STATISTICAL