1.
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 customers at a nearby hamburger stand
C.
surveying three students from each homeroom class
D.
surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning
Hint
2.
If you are conducting a survey to determine people's favorite actor, at which location should you
not
conduct your survey?
A.
post office
B.
in front of a theater on opening night of the latest comedy
C.
video store
D.
grocery store
Hint
3.
Rosa conducted a survey of students' favorite types of music. The results are shown in the table. Of the 550 students in the whole school, how many would you expect to prefer Pop/Rock?
A.
396
B.
264
C.
132
D.
154
Hint
4.
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.
66 kids
B.
23 kids
C.
132 kids
D.
46 kids
Hint
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.
192 people
B.
341 people
C.
212 people
D.
425 people
Hint