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. Chicago's O'Hare Airport
    B. in front of the White House
    C. at a Cleveland Browns game
    D. by calling people from around the country on the telephone
    Hint

  2.   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 4 students from each homeroom class
    B. asking your 3 best friends
    C. asking the members of the after-school art club
    D. asking the winners of the school science fair
    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. 1,050 B. 150
    C. 750 D. 560
    Hint

  4.   Suppose you wanted to survey the favorite music of people in your school. Which method would produce a random sample?
    A. surveying the kids in your home room
    B. surveying a group of people outside of a country music concert
    C. surveying the kids at one table at lunch
    D. surveying your best friends
    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. 132 kids B. 46 kids
    C. 66 kids D. 23 kids
    Hint



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