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WorksheetsIdentifying Populations and Samples
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
A school principal wants to see which subject the 526 in his school liked best. Which choice BEST represents a sample?
All the students in the school
The students in 3rd grade
The first 90 students who come into the school
The students making a B in math
A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned. Which choice BEST represents a sample?
All of the website visitors
Visitors over 24
Visitors with an e in their username
Visitors to the PS5 section
A restaurant chain wanted to find out how the customer experience was in a store. Which choice BEST represents a population?
Every 23rd customer
225 customers that filled out complaint cards
All of the people who are at the restaurant
243 customers that spent more than $11
Before a nation wide election, a polling place was trying to see who would win. Which choice BEST represents a sample?
All voters
A selection of male voters
A selection of votes from one part of the nation
A selection of voters from all over the nation
A survey company was trying to see if people in a state though the pollution was too high.
Which choice BEST represents a population?
Every person who owns more than 3 cars
Every person in the state
A selection of people from each neighborhood
A selection of people who live in small towns
A musician wanted to see what people who brought his last album thought about the songs.
Which choice BEST represents a sample?
Every person from age 5 - 12 who bought the album
Every person who bought the album
279 girls who bought the album
A selection of 8724 people who bought the album
A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a good job.
Which choice BEST represents a sample?
The residents of the town
The people who voted for the mayor
1000 unemployed voters
The residents of 6 different neighborhoods
A beverage company wanted to see if people in the United States liked their new logo.
Which choice BEST represents a population?
145 male and female employees
6943 children, ages 5 - 15
A selection of shoppers from different states
Every person in the United States
A toy store owner tracking how much kids spend each month on toys. Which choice BEST represents a sample?
257 boys age 7 - 15
All of the kids who buy toys
277 rich kids
206 kids from age 10 to 15
Which of the following is a random sample?
Asking people attending a football game what their favorite sport is
Asking people standing in line to buy a PS5 whether they prefer XBOX or Playstate
Asking the band students at a school if more money should be spent on athletics
Asking every 3rd student to walk in the building what their favorite breakfast is
Which of the following would be good to survey to determine the 5th grade's favorite books?
10 students in a 5th grade class
5 students from each of the 6 5th grade classes
All 100 5th graders in the school
15 5th graders that sit together at lunch
Which of the following would be good to survey to determine how students get to school?
10 students as they enter the building
20 students as they leave the building
All of the students in a single homeroom
50 students chosen from each of the 5 pods at LMS
Netflix is trying to determine whether to create a new season of a show or not. Which population should they sample?
All Netflix subscribers
All Hulu subscribers
All the people that wrote/emailed asking for a new season
All the people that wrote/emailed that they hated the show
Which of the following questions is NOT biased?
Do you prefer greasy meat or healthy vegetables on your pizza?
Do you think that the pleasing tones of classical music are better than the loud, obnoxious tones of pop music?
Do you think that cats make better pets than dogs?
Do you think that the weird looking school lunches are tasty?
You want to estimate the number of 7th grade students that walk home right after school. Which sample is unbiased?
Three 7th grade students randomly selected in the hallway before homeroom
7th grade members of the Science Olympiad team
Every fifth 7th grader walking down the sidewalk after school
Every fifth student from an alphabetical list of the 7th grade
