1.
A marketing company is conducting a survey to determine America's most popular professional football team. Where would they be most likely to obtain a random sample?
A.
at a Cleveland Browns game
B.
by calling people from around the country on the telephone
C.
Chicago's O'Hare Airport
D.
in front of the White House
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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 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
3.
If you are conducting a survey to determine people's favorite actor, at which location should you
not
conduct your survey?
A.
video store
B.
grocery store
C.
in front of a theater on opening night of the latest comedy
D.
post office
Hint
4.
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.
200
B.
225
C.
320
D.
240
Hint
5.
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
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