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Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify the Sample:
A restaurant 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 restaurant concluded that most customers do not order dessert.
a)
20 customers
b)
All customers
c)
8 customers
d)
Dessert
2.
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?
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
3.
At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey to decide where they want to go on a field trip. Which method will result in the least biased decision?
a)
to randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year
b)
to randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location
c)
to ask all 7th grade teachers and administrators for a location
d)
to ask the student council to choose a location
4.
Unbiased sampling is:
a)
when you choose the group you think will give you the answer you want, accept volunteers or survey by convenience
b)
when any member of the population is equally likely to be chosen for the sample
5.

To determine the most popular children’s programs, a television station asks parents to call in and complete a phone survey.

a)

Biased Sample

b)

Unbiased Sample

6.

Airline boarding passes are marked with red stars at random to decide which passengers should have their carry-on luggage inspected.

a)

Biased Sample

b)

Unbiased Sample

7.

To determine how often people eat out, every tenth person entering a Chinese restaurant is surveyed.

a)

Biased Sample

b)

Unbiased Sample

8.

Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks his baseball team.

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

9.

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

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

10.
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
11.

A survey of 500 spectators from a stadium with 42,000 spectators.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

12.

The final score of each golfer in a tournament.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

13.

The number of televisions in each U.S. household.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

14.

The soil contamination levels at 100 locations near a landfill.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

15.

The drink order of every person entering Starbucks.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

16.

300 undergraduate students from three universities who volunteered for a psychology research study.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

17.

There are 225 7th graders at L&C. You survey 64 of them to find out their favorite food. The group that is the sample is (a)  

Choose from the below words
225
64
18.

There are 225 7th graders at L&C. You survey 28 of them to find out their favorite food. Which group is the population?

a)

225

b)

28

19.

Determine if the sample is a representative sample or a biased sample:

Population: High school students in a state.

Sample: Polling students from a single high school in that state.

a)

Representative Sample

b)

Biased Sample

20.

Determine if the sample is a representative sample or a biased sample:

Population: Students' favorite ice cream flavors.

Sample: Surveying a random selection of 7th graders in your school about their favorite ice cream flavors.

a)

Representative Sample

b)

Biased Sample

21.

Determine if the sample is a representative sample or a biased sample:

Population: Employees of a company.

Sample: Surveying employees from various departments and job levels using a random selection process.

a)

Representative Sample

b)

Biased Sample

22.

Determine if the sample is a representative sample or a biased sample:

Population: 7th-grade students in a school.

Sample: Surveying a random selection of 7th-grade students from different classes within the school.

a)

Representative Sample

b)

Biased Sample