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WorksheetsDaily Grade: Statistics: Inferences
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
A manager samples receipts of every fifth person in line. Out of 50 people, 4 had a mispriced item. If 600 people go to the store each day, how many can you expect to have a mispriced item?
50 people
80 people
48 people
12 people
Jenny randomly selects 20 boxes of crayons from the shelf and finds two boxes with at least one broken crayon. If the shelf holds 130 boxes, how many would you expect to have at least one broken crayon?
10 boxes
13 boxes
6.5 boxes
2 boxes
A population is a collection of all individuals, objects, or measurements of interest.
True
False
A portion or part of a population is called a
Random survey
Sample
Tally
Frequency distribution
a sample you get when you ask for volunteers
voluntary response sample
biased sample
convenience sample
simple random sample
"I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me...I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish I just could hide somewhere," whispered Violet.
A middle school has 490 students. Mae surveys a random sample of 60 students and finds that 24 of them have dogs. How many students are likely to have dogs?
8 students
40 students
192 students
196 students
Part of the population of 10,800 hawks at a national park are building nests. A random sample of 72 hawks shows that 12 hawks are building nests. Estimate the number of hawks building a nest in the population.
1,800 hawks
150 hawks
432 hawks
10,800 hawks
There are 600 students at Hilda’s school. Out of 30 students she surveys, 8 of them ride their bikes to school. Estimate how many students ride their bikes to school from the population.
160 students
20 students
74 students
240 students
A manufacturer fills an order for 4,200 smart phones. The quality inspector selects a random sample of 60 phones and finds that 4 are defective. How many smart phones in the order are likely to be defective?
70 smart phones
900 smart phones
1,050 smart phones
280 smart phones
Part of the population of 4,500 elk at a wildlife preserve is infected with a parasite. A random sample of 50 elk shows that 8 of them are infected. How many elk are likely to be infected?
720 elk
400 elk
90 elk
562.5 elk
