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 members of the after-school art club
B.
asking the winners of the school science fair
C.
asking your 3 best friends
D.
asking 4 students from each homeroom class
Hint
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 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
3.
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.
grocery store
D.
video store
Hint
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.
1,050
B.
750
C.
560
D.
150
Hint
5.
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.
154
C.
264
D.
132
Hint