
Biased and Unbiased Surveys
Authored by Barbara White
Mathematics
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You are doing a survey to find out if Knoxville, TN should be the home of a new NBA team and they only asked UT college boys basketball players.
Biased (Unfair)
Unbiased (Fair)
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You are doing a survey to find out what kids really think about school lunch and you stand outside a lunchroom and ask every 5th person from every grade.
Biased (Unfair)
Unbiased (Fair)
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You are doing a survey to find out what sport high schoolers like the most, and you only ask people from a Rugby team.
Biased (Unfair)
Unbiased (Fair)
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Someone is conducting a survey and asks this question. What is your favorite soft drink? Sample is chosen by picking names out of a telephone book.
Biased (Unfair)
Unbiased (Fair)
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You are conducting a survey and ask people the following question: Should more money be put into athletic programs or music programs at school? Sample is chosen from students in the band program.
Biased (Unfair)
Unbiased (Fair)
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You want to know your town’s favorite fast-food restaurant. You randomly ask 30 people their preference as they leave a McDonald’s restaurant.
Biased (Unfair)
Unbiased (Fair)
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A survey is taken to determine the projected winner for the upcoming presidential election, and you ask randomly selected people from the voter-registration list for each state.
Biased (Unfair)
Unbiased (Fair)
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