TEKS.MATH.7.12B

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?

• thirty students who are often tardy
• thirty students who are rarely tardy
• thirty of her friends
• thirty randomly selected students from her school

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TEKS.MATH.7.6F

TEKS.MATH.7.12B

Henry surveyed the first 7 celebrities to arrive at the movie premiere.  Is this sample of celebrities likely to be biased?

• yes
• no

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TEKS.MATH.7.6F

TEKS.MATH.7.12B

Susan polled 587 people throughout each city in her county.  Each city is the same size.  Is this sample of the residents of cities in the county likely to be biased?

• yes
• no

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TEKS.MATH.7.6F

TEKS.MATH.7.12B

A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.
She selects the five closest to her desk.

• simple random
• Voluntary Response
• Convenience
• Systematic Random

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TEKS.MATH.7.12B

A travel club has 3,000 members.  A random sample of 50 of the club members found that 12 people like mountain vacations best.  Which statement is NOT supported by the sample data? 

• Twenty-four percent of those sampled say they like mountain vacations best.  
• An estimated 720 club members would likely say they enjoy mountain vacations best. 
• Almost one-quarter of club members would likely say they enjoy mountain vacations best. 
• More than 2,500 club members would likely say they prefer other vacations over mountain vacations. 

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TEKS.MATH.7.6F

TEKS.MATH.7.12B

A school surveys all 7th grade boys to determine what to sell in the school store.  This sample is _________.

• Biased
• Unbiased
• Representative
• Peanut butter cups

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TEKS.MATH.6.13B

TEKS.MATH.7.12B

A city council member wanted to know how her constituents felt about a planned rezoning. She randomly selected 75 names from the city phone directory and conducted a phone survey.

• The population is everyone listed in the city phone directory; the sample is the 75 people selected.
• The population is residents of the city; the sample is the registered voters in the city.
• The population is registered voters in the city; the sample is everyone listed in the city phone directory.

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TEKS.MATH.7.6F

TEKS.MATH.7.12B

Choose the true statement(s) about the census and sample shown.

• The sample could be considered too small.

• The sample is biased because is does not include everyone.

• The sample is representative of the population's sub-groups.

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TEKS.MATH.7.12B

According to a random telephone survey of 200 adults, 75% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. What is the population in this survey?

• 200 adults
• adults in the U.S.
• 75% of adults

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TEKS.MATH.7.6F

TEKS.MATH.7.12B

There are 400 students at Polly's school. She surveyed a random sample of 80 students to find their favorite hobby. 19 said they like to read. 30 said they like to be with friends. 8 said they like to do crafts. 23 said they like to play sports. Polly infers that doing crafts is the least popular hobby at her school.

Refer to the data table. Polly surveys two more samples. Do the results from these samples support the inference made from the first sample?

• Yes, the survey results support the inference that doing crafts is the least popular hobby at Polly's school.

• No, the survey results does not support the inference that doing crafts is the least popular hobby at Polly's school.

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TEKS.MATH.7.6F

TEKS.MATH.7.12B