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
    Hint

  2.   Suppose you want to determine the favorite food of students in your school. Which would not provide a random sample?
    A. surveying three students from each homeroom class
    B. surveying customers at a nearby hamburger stand
    C. surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning
    D. surveying every tenth student on the school roster
    Hint

  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. 320 B. 240
    C. 200 D. 225
    Hint

  4.   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. 132
    C. 154 D. 264
    Hint

  5.   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 the kids at one table at lunch
    C. surveying your best friends
    D. surveying a group of people outside of a country music concert
    Hint



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