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 winners of the school science fair
    B. asking 4 students from each homeroom class
    C. asking your 3 best friends
    D. asking the members of the after-school art club
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  2.   If you are conducting a survey to determine people's favorite actor, at which location should you not conduct your survey?
    A. grocery store B. post office
    C. in front of a theater on opening night of the latest comedy D. video store
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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. 320
    C. 225 D. 200
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  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 at one table at lunch
    B. surveying a group of people outside of a country music concert
    C. surveying your best friends
    D. surveying the kids in your home room
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  5.   Anna conducted a survey of the number of people in her yoga class with glasses or contacts. The people in the yoga classes were randomly distributed, and there were 256 people in all the classes. If Anna counted 24 out of 32 people in her class with glasses or contacts, how many people would be expected to have glasses or contacts in all the classes?
    A. 425 people B. 341 people
    C. 212 people D. 192 people
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