8. At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey for where to go on a field trip. Which method will result in the least biased decision ?

B. To randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location.

A. To randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year.

9. Mrs. Croix is conducting a survey to find out the favorite snack of fifth and sixth graders. She will ask a sample of 100 students. Which of the groups below should be surveyed to get the BEST representative sample?

A. 20 students from each of the 5 local fifth- and sixth-grade schools.

B. The first 100 students who go to a local baseball game

12. Which random sample is the more likely it is to represent the population of a Jupiter Middle School accurately?

B. Five hundred students of a school.

13. Which random sample is the least likely to represent the population of a Jupiter Middle School students accurately?

B. Five hundred students of a school.

A school randomly chose ten English teachers and asked them which type of juice their students would prefer. Which reason best shows why this sample is biased?

The sample didn't include students.

The sample can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample

Why do we randomly select our samples?

so we don't get the same answers from everyone

to eliminate confounding results

An employer wants to know how their 500 employees like working for them. Which is the most representative sample?

Randomly select the names of 75 employees

Ask the first 75 people to show up for work

Randomly select the names of 10 employees

Poll the Employees of the Month for the past year

To find out what sort of events they should plan, the student government officers at Truth send a survey to 30 students whose names were randomly selected. The sample is...

The 30 students who were sent the survey

The student government officers

To find out what sort of events they should plan, the student government officers at Truth send a survey to 30 students whose names were randomly selected. The population they are interested in is...

The 30 students who were sent the survey

Only the students who respond to the survey

All middle school students in DC

population, sample, bias

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Mathematics

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7th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

7.SP.A.1, RL.11-12.6, HSS.IC.B.3

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

1. A sample in which every person, object, or event has an equal chance of being selected.

A. Random sample.

B. Biased sample.

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

2. When a sample does not accurately represent the population it is a:

A. Unbiased sample

B. Biased sample

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

3. A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting.

A. Biased

B. Unbiased

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

4. Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team.

A. Biased

B. Unbiased

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

5. A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.

Biased

Unbiased

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

6. Ana wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?

A. Thirty randomly selected students from her school

B. Thirty students who are rarely tardy

thirty of her friends

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

7. The choir director in a high school wants to know how the students in the school feel about singing. If the director selects 100 girls and 100 boys to complete a survey, which method will result in a biased sample?

A. The students will be selected from the choir.

B. The students will be selected randomly throughout the school.

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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population, sample, bias

25 questions

1. A sample in which every person, object, or event has an equal chance of being selected.

2. When a sample does not accurately represent the population it is a:

3. A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting.

4. Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team.

5. A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.

6. Ana wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?

7. The choir director in a high school wants to know how the students in the school feel about singing. If the director selects 100 girls and 100 boys to complete a survey, which method will result in a biased sample?

8. At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey for where to go on a field trip.
Which method will result in the least biased decision?

9. Mrs. Croix is conducting a survey to find out the favorite snack of fifth and sixth graders. She will ask a sample of 100 students. Which of the groups below should be surveyed to get the BEST representative sample?

10. A teacher decides to survey the students in her classes to find out their opinion on the new menu in the cafeteria. Is this biased or unbiased?

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population, sample, bias

25 questions

1. A sample in which every person, object, or event has an equal chance of being selected.

2. When a sample does not accurately represent the population it is a:

3. A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting.

4. Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team.

5. A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.

6. Ana wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?

7. The choir director in a high school wants to know how the students in the school feel about singing. If the director selects 100 girls and 100 boys to complete a survey, which method will result in a biased sample?

8. At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey for where to go on a field trip. Which method will result in the least biased decision?

9. Mrs. Croix is conducting a survey to find out the favorite snack of fifth and sixth graders. She will ask a sample of 100 students. Which of the groups below should be surveyed to get the BEST representative sample?

10. A teacher decides to survey the students in her classes to find out their opinion on the new menu in the cafeteria. Is this biased or unbiased?

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8. At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey for where to go on a field trip.
Which method will result in the least biased decision?