Identifying Populations And Samples Worksheet
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2Name:
Identifying Populations and Samples
Use the scenario to identifying populations and samplings.
A n s w e r s
1) A gaming website wanted to find out
2) Before a nation wide election, a polling
D
which console its visitors owned.
place was trying to see who would win.
1.
Which choice best represents a sample?
Which choice best represents a
population?
B
A. Visitors over 16.
2.
A. A selection of votes from one part
B. Visitors to the 3DS section.
of the nation.
C. All of the website visitors.
A
3.
B. All voters.
D. Visitors with an 'e' in their user
C. A selection of male voters.
name.
B
4.
D. A selection of voters from all over
the nation.
B
5.
C
6.
3) A mayor wanted to see if the people in
4) A musician wanted to see what people
his town thought he was doing a good
who bought his last album thought
job.
about the songs.
Which choice best represents a
Which choice best represents a sample?
population?
A. Every person who bought the
A. The residents of the town.
album.
B. 1,000 unemployed voters.
B. A selection of 8,684 people who
bought the album.
C. 258 voters.
C. A selection of people who didn't
D. 399 voters age 21 to 30.
want to buy the album.
D. 276 girls who bought the album.
5) A survey company was trying to see if
6) A school principal wants to see which
people in a state thought the pollution
subject the 796 students in his school
was too high.
liked best.
Which choice best represents a sample?
Which choice best represents a sample?
A. Every person who sent in a
A. All the students in the school.
complaint about pollution.
B. The girls in the school.
B. A selection of people from each
C. The first 51 students who come into
neighborhood in the state.
the school.
C. A selection of people who live in
D. The students making a B in math.
small towns.
D. Every person in the state.
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