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. in front of the White House
    B. at a Cleveland Browns game
    C. by calling people from around the country on the telephone
    D. Chicago's O'Hare Airport
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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 tenth student on the school roster
    B. surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning
    C. surveying three students from each homeroom class
    D. surveying customers at a nearby hamburger stand
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  3.   If you are conducting a survey to determine people's favorite actor, at which location should you not conduct your survey?
    A. in front of a theater on opening night of the latest comedy B. video store
    C. post office D. grocery store
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  4.   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. 150 B. 1,050
    C. 750 D. 560
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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. 212 people
    C. 341 people D. 192 people
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