1.
Suppose you are conducting a survey to determine whether the students in your school would prefer to go to the science museum or the art museum for the school field trip. Which method would produce a random sample?
A.
asking the members of the after-school art club
B.
asking your 3 best friends
C.
asking 4 students from each homeroom class
D.
asking the winners of the school science fair
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2.
Suppose you want to determine the favorite food of students in your school. Which would
not
provide a random sample?
A.
surveying every tenth student on the school roster
B.
surveying three students from each homeroom class
C.
surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning
D.
surveying customers at a nearby hamburger stand
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3.
Callie conducted a survey to determine students' favorite color. Of the students she surveyed, 18 out of 48 preferred blue. If there are 600 students in her school, how many would you expect to prefer blue?
A.
240
B.
225
C.
320
D.
200
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4.
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.
150
B.
750
C.
560
D.
1,050
Hint
5.
Suppose you wanted to survey the favorite music of people in your school. Which method would produce a random sample?
A.
surveying a group of people outside of a country music concert
B.
surveying the kids at one table at lunch
C.
surveying your best friends
D.
surveying the kids in your home room
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