Biased And Unbiased Sampling Question Preview (ID: 19142)


Biased Sampling- When You Choose A Group Of People To Survey That Would Have A Strong Feeling About. Unbiased Sampling- You Randomly Select People. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

To conduct a survey about the people of Wisconsin, 100 people were chosen from each county based on a recent census.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

You want to find out what subject is a favorite of a middle school. You only ask Algebra I students in 8th grade.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

You want to conduct a study to determine the most popular sport at the Winter Olympics and you Go to Hunter Mountain Ski Resort and ask 50 people.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

A survey is taken to determine the projected winner for the upcoming presidential election, and you ask randomly selected people from the voter-registration list for each state
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

You want to know your town’s favorite fast-food restaurant. You randomly ask 30 people their preference as they leave a McDonald’s restaurant.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

Someone is conducting a survey and asks this question. What is your favorite soft drink? Sample is chosen by picking names out of a telephone book.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

You are conducting a survey and ask people the following question: Should more money be put into athletic programs or music programs at school? Sample is chosen from students in the band program.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

You are doing a survey to find out what kids really think about school lunch and you stand outside a lunchroom and ask every 5th person from every grade.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

You are doing a survey to find out what sport high schoolers like the most, and you only ask people from a Rugby team.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

You are doing a survey to find out if Knoxville, TN should be the home of a new NBA team and they only asked UT college boys basketball players.
a) Biased
b) Unbiased
c)
d)

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