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Grade 6 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 6.SP.A.1
In order to determine what type of pizza 6th graders in Coffee Count Middle School prefer, John Doe is conducting a survey of 6th graders at his school. He has given a survey to all of his friends who happen to be in his homeroom. Why might the results of John Doe's survey be biased?
  1. He didn't expand his results to include all grades at his school.
  2. He only gave the survey to his friends, not a random sample of 6th graders.
  3. He only asked about two different kinds of pizza.
  4. He didn't survey students from 8th grade.
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
An outlier is a data value that is far from the other data values.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Collecting and Interpreting Data
Sam is shorter than Spencer.
  1. qualitative data
  2. quantitative data
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 6 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 6.SP.A.1
A                 is the entire group of people or objects that you want information about.
  1. sample
  2. population
  3. bias
  4. survey
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 11 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: HSS-ID.A.2
Which of the following is true for the two data sets?

A = {-8, -7, -6, -5, -4}

B = {9, 10, 11, 12, 13}
  1. The medians and IQRs are equal.
  2. The medians are equal, but the IQR of set B is greater than that of set A.
  3. The IQRs are equal, but the median of set B is greater than that of set A.
  4. The median and IQR of set B are greater than those of set A.
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 8 Collecting and Interpreting Data
A graph is a useful tool in displaying information or data.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: 6.SP.A.1
Which question is a statistical question?
  1. How tall is the oak tree?
  2. How much did the tree grow in one year?
  3. What are the heights of the oak trees in the schoolyard?
  4. What is the difference in height between the oak tree and the pine tree?
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