TEKS.MATH.7.6F

A U.S. senator from Maine wants to find out the opinion of the voters in his state on issues concerning education.  The office of the senator passes out surveys on ten street corners in the five major cities in the state of Maine.  Is this random?

• Yes
• No

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The entire group studied.

• sample
• population

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Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She places students' names in a container and randomly picks out 20 names. 

• Convenience Sampling
• Systematic Sampling
• Random Sampling
• Volunteer response

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TEKS.MATH.9-12.VI.A

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?

• to randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year
• to randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location
• to ask all 7th grade teachers and administrators for a location
• to ask the student council to choose a location

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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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A beverage company wanted to see if people in the United States liked their new logo. Which choice best represents a population?

• A selection of logo artists.

• Every person in the United States.

• A selection of shoppers from different states.

• 3,800 children age 5 - 15

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TEKS.MATH.9-12.VI.A

Megan surveyed a random sample of 60 students at her school and found that 42 of them ride the bus to school each day. If there are 320 students at Megan’s school, about how many of them ride the bus to school each day?

• 348
• 224
• 188
• 132

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Manny wants to know how many students at CTMS enjoy solving math problems. What is the best sampling method?

• ask for 20 volunteers to discuss whether they enjoy solving math problems
• ask the last 20 people to arrive at CTMS 
• Randomly ask 2 students in the hallway
• Ask every 20th student that walks into school

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Biased or Random?

John wants to find out what the favorite soda flavor is at Menifee County. He decides to ask all the students in Mr. Goldsmith's class as a sample group.

• Biased

• Random

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Your school principal wants to determine which theme students prefer for the last school dance of the year. Which of the following samples is best?

• the members of the Foreign Language Club who study Spanish

• 25 sixth-grade boys at random

• 40 students at random at each of the school lunches

• teachers at the school who are randomly chosen

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