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Inference Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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 (valid)?

a)

thirty students who are often tardy

b)

thirty students who are rarely tardy

c)

thirty of her friends

d)

thirty randomly selected students from her school

2.

What are ALL the terms used for unbiased? There is more than one answer.

a)

fair

b)

invalid

c)

valid

d)

unfair

e)

conclusive

3.
3.  A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.
a)
Biased
b)
Unbiased
4.

Define sample.

a)

part of a group

b)

part of a population

c)

always larger than the population

d)

none of the above

5.

What are ALL the terms used for biased sample

a)

unfair

b)

fair

c)

valid

d)

invalid

e)

inconclusive

6.

Define population.

a)

Part of a population

b)

A population can be any group that is appropriate for a particular situation.

7.

7. A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting.

a)

Biased/Convenience

b)

Unbiased/Systematic Random Sample

c)

Biased/Voluntary Sample

d)

Unbiased/Simple Random Sample

8.

What are the 5 number summary of a box and whisker plot?

a)

mode, median, range, mean, IQR

b)

minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum,

c)

IQR, mean, minimum, maximum, and mode

d)

Only mode, median, and minimum

9.
Identify the Sample:
A restaurant wants to know if 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 restaurant concluded that most customers do not order dessert.
a)
20 customers
b)
All customers
c)
8 customers
d)
Dessert
10.

A sample should be

a)

representative of only middle school students

b)

a very large group

c)

representative of the population

d)

representative of people who volunteer