Samples

_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.

• Sample

• Population

• Random Sample

• Quartile

You want to estimate the number of students in a high school who ride the school bus. Which sample is best?

• 4 students in the hallway

• All students in the marching band

• 50 seniors at random

• 100 students at random during lunch

Are all quarters in circulation the sample or the population?

• Sample

• Population

Identify the population and sample for each example.

• Population: Students

  Sample: Members of the football team

• Population: Members of the football team

  Sample: Students

• Population: Students

  Sample: Students that have had a broken bone

• Population: Members of the football team

  Sample: Members of the football team that have broken a bone.

• Random Sample

• Representative Sample

• Voluntary Sample

• Systematic Sample

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.

Determine if the following population would best be studied using the entire population or a sample.

Students in the state of Texas

• Entire Population

• Sample

• I love science!

Identify the Sample: The Huddle House wants to know if their customers buy dessert when they eat out. As people leave the restaurant one evening, 20 people are surveyed at random. Eight people say they usually order dessert when they eat out. The manager at Huddle House concluded that most customers do not order dessert. What is the SAMPLE in this scenario?

• 20 customers from Huddle House

• All customers from Huddle House that evening

• 8 customers from Huddle House

• The employees from Huddle House

• Representative Sample

• Voluntary Sample

• Random Sample

• Systematic Sample

The lunch program at Saxe is being revised to align with new nutritional standards. Mrs. Prinz's first period class was surveyed about their school lunch. Does this represent the population or a sample?

• Population

• Sample