A survey is targeted at 12-year-old children. Which questions are appropriate for the population? Select two options.
A landscaper wants to find the answer to the question “How much time do people in Raleigh, North Carolina, spend doing yard work in one week?” He asks the owners of all 120 houses in a Raleigh neighborhood. Which best describes the accuracy of the results of the survey?
A middle school contains sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Each grade level contains approximately the same number of students. The principal wants to find the answer to a survey question affecting each student in the school. He asks a sample group “What time do you get up in the morning?” Which of these characteristics define the best sample?
A seventh-grade teacher asks her students a survey question. Which questions are appropriate for the teacher to ask her population? Select three options.
A dance student wants to know the favorite type of dance class for students at The Dance Academy. She surveys each student in her ballet class. In which way could the results of her survey be most improved?
Emily wants to find out if the carpool line around her school causes too much traffic on neighborhood roads. Which is a valid sample for her survey?
A seventh-grade teacher asks her students a survey question. Which questions are appropriate for the teacher to ask her population? Select three options.
An insurance company is trying to determine the number of phone calls made weekly while driving. Which best describes the population?
A dance student wants to know the favorite type of dance class for students at The Dance Academy. She surveys each student in her ballet class. In which way could the results of her survey be most improved?
Zander wants to find out what the most popular sporting event is in the district’s high schools. He surveys a sample of the population. Under which condition is surveying a sample valid?
Traverion wants to find the answer to the question “How much money does the average college professor make?” He surveys 50 professors from the university in his hometown. Which best describes whether or not the results of his survey would represent the responses from the entire population of college professors?
An insurance company is trying to determine the number of phone calls made weekly while driving. Which best describes the population?
A population of middle school students contains 160 sixth graders, 180 seventh graders, and 140 eighth graders. Nine seventh graders were part of a random sample of the population chosen to participate in a survey. For the sample to accurately represent the population, about how many sixth graders should be chosen?
A middle school contains sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Each grade level contains approximately the same number of students. The principal wants to find the answer to a survey question affecting each student in the school. He asks a sample group “What time do you get up in the morning?” Which of these characteristics define the best sample?
Amalie wants to know if students in her class prefer hot dogs or hamburgers. Why should Amalie survey the entire population rather than a sample of the population?
A teacher needs to find out how many seventh-grade students will be going on a field trip. Which best describes the population that the teacher should survey?
A camp counselor is trying to determine, of the places they have previously camped, where his campers’ favorite camping spots are. What is the population of the survey?
Did you find these answers helpful?