Topic 6.1 Review (Group Led)

In order for us to make inferences from sample data, the sample should be...

• representative of only middle school students only

• a very large group

• representative of the population

• representative of people who volunteer

_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

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

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

Leslie surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school.  Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative of all the students in the school?

• yes
• no

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

You want to know how many students catch the bus to go home.  You go to the bus stop and ask students how they go home from school.  Is this an effective sample?

• YES

• NO

The entire group studied.

• sample
• population

During a middle school baseball ​game, every spectator placed his or her ticket stub into a container. After the​ game, the coach chose eight people to march in the sportsmanship parade. What is the sample in this​ situation?

• The coach

• The ticket stubs

• The eight people to march in the sportsmanship parade

• The baseball game spectators

The lunch program at Saxe is being revised to align with new nutritional standards. They send a survey out to every student in the school to learn about school lunches. Does this represent the population or a sample?

• Population

• Sample

The lunch program at NMS is being revised to align with new nutritional standards. Sigma T's first period class was surveyed about their school lunch. Does this represent the population or a sample?

• Population

• Sample