Population Samples and Bias

River Bluff High School has a student population of 3020. In a sample of 250 students, 170 of them were female athletes. Approximately how many students in the entire population should be female athletes?

• 170

• 205

• 2,054

• 2,770

This target depicts what?

• Low bias, low variability

• High bias, low variability

• Low bias, high variability

• High bias, high variability

This target depicts

• High bias, high variability

• High bias, low variability

• Low bias, low variability

• Low bias, high variability

The parameter is a number describing the:

• population

• sample

• survey

• percent

Poll on women’s issues interviewed 1025 women randomly selected from the United States. One question was “Many women have better jobs and more opportunities than they did 20 years ago. Do you think women had to give up too much in the process, or not?” Forty-eight percent of women in the sample said “Yes.” Why can't we just say that 48% of women felt they gave up too much?

• Not all samples would result in 48%

• The margin of error might change.

• The confidence interval might change

• This was a biased survey.

A newspaper asks its readers to call in and answer the following question, "Are young adults unprepared for college?" What type of sample is this?

• Convenience Sample

• Random Sample

• Voluntary Response Sample

• Call in sample

When a sample does not accurately represent the population it is a:

• Unbiased sample

• Biased sample

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

Ana wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?

• Thirty randomly selected students from her school

• Thirty students who are rarely tardy

• thirty of her friends

A student surveys mathematics teachers to get their opinion on teaching.  What is the sample?

• All teachers in the world.

• All teachers within the school.

• All mathematics  teachers in the school.

• All teachers except mathematics teachers.