If 16 people out of 120 chose hot dogs as their favorite food, how many would you predict to choose hot dogs out of 5,000?
667
A beverage company wanted to see if people in the United States liked their new logo. What is the population?
Everyone in the U.S
You want to know which store shoppers at the mall visit the most. You ask each 10th person as they enter the mall which store they will visit.
Random(Unbiased)
If 56 people out of 120 say nachos is their favorite food how many would you predict to choose nachos out of 5000?
2,333
A musician wanted to see what people who bought his last album thought about the songs. What is the sample?
A selection of people who bought the album.
You want to estimate the number of students in your school who want a football stadium to be built. You survey the first 20 students who attend a Friday night football game.
Biased
If 35 students out of 100 chose comedy as their favorite movie genre predict how many would choose comedy out of 600 students.
210
A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned. What is the population?
All of the website visitors.
To determine if the class understood the homework assignment, the teacher checks the top 3 papers in the pile of collected homework.
Biased
If 12 out of 60 students said that chicken nuggets were their favorite food predict how many out of 550 would say chicken nuggets are their favorite.
110
Administrators at Riverview High School surveyed 100 random seniors to see how they felt about the lunch offering at the school's cafeteria. What is the sample?
100 students surveyed
Each math class randomly selects two students do represent their class on an advisory panel being assembled by the principal.
Unbiased (Random)
In a random sample of 300 tokens, 5 have stamping errors. Predict how many tokens out of 120,000 would have stamping errors.
2,000
A toy store owner tracking how much kids spend each month on toys. Which choice best represents a population?
All of the kids who buy toys.
Each week a teacher randomly selects one student from each class to review homework answers with the rest of the class.
Unbiased (Random)