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Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.B.3
The line plots show the number of books read by the students in Mr. Murray's class and Ms. Stein's class.

Mr. Murray's Class:Line Plot 4
Ms. Stein's Class: Line Plot 3

Which statement best compares the range of values for the two data sets?
  1. The range is the same for both sets.
  2. The range for Mr. Murray's class is 2 more than the range for Ms. Stein's class.
  3. The range for Ms. Stein's class is 2 more than the range for Mr. Murray's class.
  4. There is not enough information to determine the range of values from the line plots.
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.1
There are 25 students in your English class. You want to determine if more students in your class enjoy reading or more enjoy writing. Which of the following would be the best way to randomly sample your class?
  1. ask all 25 students whether they prefer reading or writing
  2. ask 10 students in your English class whether they prefer reading or writing
  3. ask all the boys in your English class whether they prefer reading or writing
  4. ask your teacher whether more students in the class prefer reading or writing
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data
17 students take the north loop bus to school.
  1. qualitative data
  2. quantitative data
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data
Sam is shorter than Spencer.
  1. qualitative data
  2. quantitative data
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data
An outlier is a data value that is far from the other data values.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.1
A political party is trying to find out which candidate in an election currently has the most support from the general American population. Which of the following samples is likely to be the most biased?
  1. A sample of 2,000 people from the southern states
  2. A sample of 2,000 people of a candidate's home city
  3. A sample of 2,000 people from the west coast
  4. A sample of 2,000 people from all over the United States
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.2
A scientist wants to find the pH of a lake. What number of samples will provide him with the most accurate estimate of the lake's pH?
  1. One sample from a random part of the lake
  2. Two samples from opposite ends of the lake
  3. One sample from the middle of the lake
  4. Six sample takes from random parts of the lake
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.1
A student is trying to find out the general student opinion of a school's English course. Which of the following samples is likely to be the least biased?
  1. 20 students currently taking English
  2. 20 students who are not taking English
  3. 20 students fill out a voluntary response form
  4. 20 students selected at random
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.1
A magazine wants to discover what grocery store in a certain city people prefer to shop at. Which of the following samples is likely to be the least biased?
  1. 35 people interviewed outside of a local superstore
  2. 30 people interviewed at random
  3. 45 people interviewed outside of the largest grocery store
  4. 40 people from a voluntary response hotline
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.1
What is the definition of "population" in the context of a scientific survey of the animals in a certain area of rainforest?
  1. The total group of people living a given area
  2. The larger group of animals a sample is trying to represent
  3. The total group of animals in a given area
  4. The sample of animals used to represent a larger group
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.1
A town with a total of 3000 women, 4000 children, and 2000 men is being surveyed to discover the most common eye colors. Which is the samples below is most representative of the total population?
  1. 9 women, 12 children, 6 men
  2. 10 women 13 children, 7 men
  3. 4 women, 3 children, 2 men
  4. 30 women, 40 children, 2 men
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.1
A company is trying to find out how much fruit the average person living in Chicago eats per day. Which of these samples will produce the most accurate representation of the population?
  1. 300 health activists
  2. 300 people from a voluntary response hotline
  3. 300 people interviewed at random
  4. 300 patients in the hospital
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 7.SP.A.1
A store owner is considering extending the hours the store is open each day. He conducts a survey to determine if longer hours would be worth the expense. Which survey method would likely produce the most representative sample?
  1. choose 20 random customers from the neighborhood
  2. choose 20 full time employees from the store
  3. choose the 20 customers who spend the most money in one week
  4. choose the first 20 customers that come in one morning
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