1.
Suppose you want to determine the favorite food of students in your school. Which would
not
provide a random sample?
A.
surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning
B.
surveying every tenth student on the school roster
C.
surveying customers at a nearby hamburger stand
D.
surveying three students from each homeroom class
Hint
2.
If you are conducting a survey to determine people's favorite actor, at which location should you
not
conduct your survey?
A.
post office
B.
in front of a theater on opening night of the latest comedy
C.
grocery store
D.
video store
Hint
3.
Meng conducted a survey to determine the favorite flavor of ice cream in his hometown. Fifteen of the fifty people he surveyed liked strawberry best. How many of the 3,500 residents in the town would you expect to like strawberry best?
A.
560
B.
750
C.
150
D.
1,050
Hint
4.
Rosa conducted a survey of students' favorite types of music. The results are shown in the table. Of the 550 students in the whole school, how many would you expect to prefer Pop/Rock?
A.
132
B.
396
C.
154
D.
264
Hint
5.
Liz conducted a survey of the number of kids in her school who would join a charity work club if she started one. She surveyed 75 kids and 30 said they would join. If there were 165 kids in her grade, how many could she expect to join?
A.
66 kids
B.
132 kids
C.
46 kids
D.
23 kids
Hint