POPULATION VS SAMPLE REVIEW

A survey of 500 spectators from a stadium with 42,000 spectators.

• Population

• Sample

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

The drink order of every person entering Starbucks.

• Population

• Sample

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Dr. Billings interviews the first 30 students who enter the school in the morning. 

• simple random
• voluntary response
• systematic
• convenience

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Disneyland often surveys its guests as they exit a restaurant during their visit. The surveyor stands at the restaurant exit, counts the number of people leaving, and surveys every 25th guest after 1pm.
This is a form of:

• Random Sample
• Convenience Sampling
• Voluntary Response
• Systematic Sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Melissa wants to find out what show students watch the most.  She surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school.  Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative?

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

The president of a college randomly selects 2 students from each department to serve on a student advisory board.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Starting at the first car, you observe the color of every third car in a parking lot.

• Convenience

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Simple Random

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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 Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

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

Starting at the first seat, he picks the student in every 5th seat.

• Simple Random

• Systematic

• voluntary response

• convenience

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A teacher splits her classes up by period. She then randomly picks 3 students from each period to do a survey.

• Stratified Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

• Cluster Sampling

• Convenience Sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3