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In a college of 1000 girls, the dean wanted to choose a sample of 30 girls to represent the whole school. She wanted to determine average height. Which survey would get the best results? |
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Choose 30 girls on the basketball team. |
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Choose every third girl out of 100 randomly selected names. |
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Choose 30 gymnasts at the school. |
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Choose 30 girls in the cafeteria at noon. |
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Five people donated to a charity. One donated $101 and the other four people donated $1 each. Which is not a misleading statement? |
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The mean, median, and mode do not adequately describe the data. |
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The median is $1, and it adequately reflectes the data. |
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The mean is $21, and it adequately reflects the data. |
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The mode is $1, and it adequately reflects the data. |
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A polling service wants to choose a sample of 1,000 registered voters to check the popularity of a local Republican mayor. Which survey would yield the most accurate results? |
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Selecting 1,000 individuals from the local voter registration logs. |
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Selecting 1,000 individuals from a neighboring state. |
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Selecting 1,000 individuals from the local Democratic party. |
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Selecting 1,000 individuals from the local Republican party. |
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The table shows seven different companies and their prices for car detailing. Company A claims to have prices that are less than the prices of most of their competitors. Is this an accurate statement? Why? |
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No, Company A's price is lower than the mode, but higher than the prices of the 4 other companies. |
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Not Enough Information Given |
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No, Company A's price is equal to those of most of the other companies. |
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Yes, more companies charge $93 than any other price. |
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Which sample would provide the best data for a survey about favorite extra-curricular activities? |
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Participants at swim practice. |
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Students attending a Spanish Club meeting. |
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Members of the tennis team. |
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A random sample of students from 5 different homerooms. |
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