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.
by calling people from around the country on the telephone
B.
at a Cleveland Browns game
C.
in front of the White House
D.
Chicago's O'Hare Airport
Hint
2.
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
3.
Suppose you want to determine the favorite food of students in your school. Which would
not
provide a random sample?
A.
surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning
B.
surveying three students from each homeroom class
C.
surveying every tenth student on the school roster
D.
surveying customers at a nearby hamburger stand
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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.
560
B.
750
C.
1,050
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.
154
B.
264
C.
396
D.
132
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