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Determining A Random Sample

Quiz by Nicole Cover

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  • Q1
    Your school newspaper is conducting a survey to find out which school sports team is most popular. How would it most likely get a random sample from the student population.
    By asking 10 students from every homeroom.
    By asking the parents.
    By asking the students on the pep club.
    By asking every fifth person entering the basketball game.
    45s
  • Q2
    Which of these is NOT a random sample to determine the favorite cafeteria food item?
    Ask 5 students at the local ice cream stand.
    Ask every 15th student entering school in the morning.
    Ask every student on the school roster.
    Ask every 10th student on the school roster.
    45s
  • Q3
    Your school hosted a living history museum and you have been asked to determine if the event was well prepared. Which of the following would give you the most random sample for your survey.
    Ask the history teachers.
    Ask all of the students who participated in the living history museum.
    Ask all of the students in the school history club.
    Ask any 5 students from every class who visited the living history museum.
    45s
  • Q4
    Which population would provide the most random sample to determine who the students will select for class president?
    Ask 5 students from every c lass in sixth grade.
    Ask the students on the athletic team.
    Ask 5 students from every class in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade.
    Ask the students from band.
    45s
  • Q5
    Sam wants to find out the most popular radio station among residents in his town. Which population would give him a random sample?
    Students attending the community college.
    Students attending the local fall picnic.
    Residents of a local nursing home.
    Students at your school.
    45s
  • Q6
    A video game company surveys its customers about their favorite video game for their system, the New Way Game. Which statement is true about the sample?
    The survey is not random because it only represents gamers who have the New Way Game.
    The statement is random because it represents gamers of all ages.
    The survey is random because it represents all households with video games.
    45s
  • Q7
    Kiki wants to know which brand of athletic shoe is most popular with the students at her school. Which survey plan results in a random sample?
    Survey only her friends.
    Survey the students in her science class.
    Survey the students at the local shoe store.
    Survey the students as they enter the school.
    45s
  • Q8
    Your school librarian wants to survey students to find out which new books she should purchase for the library. Which would provide her with a random sample of the student population?
    Survey the students in the book club.
    Survey the students in the history club.
    Survey the students in the lunch room.
    Survey the football team.
    45s
  • Q9
    Which survey most likely represents a random sample?
    A survey of every 6th students who enters the school to represent the student population.
    A survey of every 6th grader to represent the student population.
    The basketball team to represent the students on the football team.
    The teachers who attended college in KY.
    45s
  • Q10
    You want to know which mall store shoppers visit the most. Which would represent a random sample?
    Survey the shoppers under 21 years of age.
    Survey every 10th student at your school.
    Survey every 10th person that enters the mall.
    Survey the shoppers of a toy store.
    45s
  • Q11
    Your teacher needs 5 students to help set up for the dance. Which would represent a random method for her to choose students?
    Place the names of all students in the school in a hat and draw out five names.
    Place the names of the students on the beta club in a hat and draw out five names.
    Ask the teachers to vote
    Select five students with the highest GPA
    45s
  • Q12
    The school district wants to determine which teachers are computer literate. Which approach represents a random sample?
    Survey all the female teachers.
    Survey every 10th teacher based on their hire date.
    Survey the technology teacher in the district.
    Survey the high school teachers.
    45s

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