Types of Samples
Mean/Median
Best Displays
Making Predictions
Mode/Range
IQR
100
A teacher randomly asked 60 students in all of his classes about their favorite movie. What type of sample is this?
Simple Random Sample
100
Here is a list of numbers. What is the median?
3, 7, 4, 2, 6, 3, 6, 9, 2
4
100
The teacher asked what are the students favorite movies. What is the best display?
Bar Graph
100
There is a 1/3 chance it is going to rain. How likely is the chance of rain?
Unlikely
100
My list of numbers are below.
 5, 3, 6, 8, 3, 8, 3, 6, 7

What is the mode?
3
100
My list of numbers are below.

3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10

What is my first quartile?
4
200
A principal wanted to know what meal at lunch the students enjoyed more. She only asked the students in A lunch.
Convenience Sample
200
Here is a list of numbers.
30, 23, 64, 73, 37, 46,

What is the median?
41.5
200
There are 8,000 people in the small town. They were asked how much money they make an hour. What would be the best display to use?
Box Plot
200
About 3/5 of students in middle school plan to attend college. How likely are the middle school students to attend college?
Likely
200
I have a list of numbers below.

3, 8, 9, 5, 6, 2, 5, 8, 4 , 1

What is the mode?
5 and 8
200
The list of numbers are below.

6, 2, 9, 4, 6, 2, 7, 8, 3

What is my 3rd quartile?
7.5
300
When the big tree fell. The assistant principal asked students to tell her what we should replace it with. Only students who cared talked to her about it.
Voluntary Response
300
There are a list of numbers below.

2, 7, 4, 6, 3, 3, 5, 9, 3, 2, 5, 6

What is the mean?
4.6
300
A manager wanted to know the percentage of chocolate bars being sold. He wanted to compare to see what was bringing in the most money.
Pie Chart or Circle Graph
300
Out of 10 students, 3 said they have a dog. If we had 100 students, about how many would have a dog?
30
300
The list of numbers are below. What is the range?

3, 6, 7, 2, 6, 7, 2, 3, 7, 3, 7, 1, 6
6
300
My numbers are listed below.

4, 7, 2, 4, 8, 10, 4, 18, 26

What is the IQR?


10
400
There are 300 students. The teacher decided to ask every 5th student to figure out how to review that day. What type of sample is this?
Systematic Random
400
There are a list of numbers below.

42, 49, 22, 73, 24, 34, 63, 23

What is the mean?
41.3
400
The population of tigers decreased over the past few years. What would be the best display?
Line Graph
400
There are 2 out of 6 people who like pie. How many people out of 312 people would like pie?
104
400
The list of numbers are below. What is the range?

19, 53, 62, 73, 63, 14, 62, 28, 29, 53
59
400
My numbers are listed below.

43, 84, 52, 63, 82, 93, 53, 29, 42, 21, 58

What is my 3rd quartile?
82
500
This sample is biased and it was easy for the mayor to do because it was only the people in the building who completed it.
Convenience Sample
500
There are a list of numbers below.

16, 3, 13, 12, 8, 17, 3, 6, 16, 9

What is the median and mean?
Median:  10.5

Mean: 10.3
500
We want to record the changes in frequency in Nikes being sold in the store.
Histogram
500
We surveyed 850 students. If 65% like Harry Potter, what would the total amount of students that like Harry Potter be?
552
500
The list of numbers are below. What is the mode and range?

2.5, 6, 8.2, 4, 9.3, 5, 7.9,
Mode: No Mode

Range: 6.8
500
The numbers are listed below.

2.7, 8, 90, 23, 74, 67.3, 74, 82, 16,

What is the IQR?

66