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Biased and Unbiased Questions

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate my awesome and exciting class. (Yes Ms. Hernandez wrote this question).

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

2.

Are you willing to deal with all the troubles of a new highway to get a new mall in town?

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

3.

Determine if the following study is biased.

A senator wants to how she is doing. She sends a survey to 1000 registered voters in her party.

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

4.

This method produces values that systematically differ from the population being sampled.

a)

valid sample

b)

variable sample

c)

biased sample

d)

cluster sample

5.

A high school is going to have a party for their graduating seniors. They want to serve food that most of the seniors like. They pick 25 random names from a hat and survey those students. Is this a biased sample or unbiased sample?

a)

Biased Sample

b)

Unbiased Sample

6.

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

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

7.

A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

8.

A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

9.

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

a)

Biased

b)

Unbiased

10.

You want to know your town’s favorite fast-food restaurant. You randomly ask 30 people their preference as they leave a McDonald’s restaurant.

a)

Biased (Unfair)

b)

Unbiased (Fair)

11.

A student council wants to determine where Junior Senior prom is held this year.  The survey team asks 10 people in every English class.  Is this biased?

a)

Unbiased - everyone can share their opinion

b)

biased - Every senior and junior should contribute

c)

biased - every class should be surveyed not just english

d)

biased - Freshman and Sophomores should not be sureveyed

12.

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

a)

A. Unbiased sample

b)

B. Biased sample