Population and sample

Population or Sample?

A survey of 1353 American households found that 18% of the households own a computer.

• Population

• Sample

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The part of the population being studied

• population
• sample
• random

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

• Sample

• Random Sample

• Population  

• Quartile

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_________ is a sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has an equal chance of being selected.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

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True or False: all samples lead to a good prediction about an entire population.

• True
• False

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A toy store owner tracking how much kids spend each month on toys. Which choice best represents a population?

• All of the kids who buy toys.

• 227 wealthy kids.

• 228 boys age 7 - 15

• 235 kids from age 10 to 15.

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___________ a sample that is not representative of the population

• stratified sample

• systematic sample

• sample

• biased sample

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Which of the following is an example of a sample?

• All the students in your school

• Every tree in a forest

• Ten candies randomly picked from a jar

• All the cars in a city

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A teacher randomly selects three students from each class to participate in a study about study habits. Is this:

• Biased sample

• representative sample

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Emily surveyed a group of 30 students and found that 12 of them had pets. If there are 150 students in total, about how many students would you expect to have pets?

• 12 students

• 30 students

• 60 students

• 150 students

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