Statistics & Probability - 7th Grade Math
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A chip company wants to see if the people in Ohio like their new flavor of chips. Select the option that best represents a population.
A chip company wants to see if the people in Ohio like their new flavor of chips. Select the option that best represents a population.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied. In this case, people of Ohio.
Because the chip company is only concerned about what the people in Ohio thinks of their new chip flavor, we can eliminate the option for everyone in the United States, because we are focused on only one state. Also, a population includes both adults and children, which is why "Every person in Ohio" is the best answer choice.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied. In this case, people of Ohio.
Because the chip company is only concerned about what the people in Ohio thinks of their new chip flavor, we can eliminate the option for everyone in the United States, because we are focused on only one state. Also, a population includes both adults and children, which is why "Every person in Ohio" is the best answer choice.
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After a movie was shown in theaters, a director wanted to know what the people who saw his movie thought about the movie's ending. Select the option that best represents a sample.
After a movie was shown in theaters, a director wanted to know what the people who saw his movie thought about the movie's ending. Select the option that best represents a sample.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "sample" means. A sample is a subset of a population.
Because we want a subset, we don't want the entire population, which eliminates the answer choices "Every person who saw the movie" and "Every person in the United States old enough to see the movie". The question did not specify if the director wanted just the boys' opinions, which makes "A random selection of people who saw the movie" the best answer choice.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "sample" means. A sample is a subset of a population.
Because we want a subset, we don't want the entire population, which eliminates the answer choices "Every person who saw the movie" and "Every person in the United States old enough to see the movie". The question did not specify if the director wanted just the boys' opinions, which makes "A random selection of people who saw the movie" the best answer choice.
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After a school choir concert, the music teacher wanted to know what the student body thought about the song choices. Select the option that best represents a sample.
After a school choir concert, the music teacher wanted to know what the student body thought about the song choices. Select the option that best represents a sample.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "sample" means. A sample is a subset of a population.
Because we want a subset, we don't want the entire population, which eliminates the answer choice "Everyone who was at the choir concert ". Also, the teacher wants to know what the student body thought about the songs, not the teachers, which eliminates "All of the teachers". Finally, the music teacher didn't specify if she wanted just the girls' opinions, which makes "A random sample of the students who were at the concert" the best answer choice.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "sample" means. A sample is a subset of a population.
Because we want a subset, we don't want the entire population, which eliminates the answer choice "Everyone who was at the choir concert ". Also, the teacher wants to know what the student body thought about the songs, not the teachers, which eliminates "All of the teachers". Finally, the music teacher didn't specify if she wanted just the girls' opinions, which makes "A random sample of the students who were at the concert" the best answer choice.
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A cable company wanted to find out what brand of TVs their customers use. Select the option that best represents a population.
A cable company wanted to find out what brand of TVs their customers use. Select the option that best represents a population.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied, in this case all of the customers of the cable company.
"The entire population in the United States" and "The entire population in Florida" are not the correct answer because not everyone in an entire population uses the same cable company, and this company is only concerned about their own customers. Also, a random sample does not represent a population, so that is not the correct answer.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied, in this case all of the customers of the cable company.
"The entire population in the United States" and "The entire population in Florida" are not the correct answer because not everyone in an entire population uses the same cable company, and this company is only concerned about their own customers. Also, a random sample does not represent a population, so that is not the correct answer.
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A cell phone company wanted to find out what brand of phones their customers use. Select the option that best represents a population.
A cell phone company wanted to find out what brand of phones their customers use. Select the option that best represents a population.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied, in this case all of the customers of the cell phone company.
"The entire population in the United States" and "The entire population in Texas" are not the correct answer because not everyone in an entire population uses the same cell phone company, and this company is only concerned about their own customers. Also, a random sample does not represent a population, so that is not the correct answer.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied, in this case all of the customers of the cell phone company.
"The entire population in the United States" and "The entire population in Texas" are not the correct answer because not everyone in an entire population uses the same cell phone company, and this company is only concerned about their own customers. Also, a random sample does not represent a population, so that is not the correct answer.
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A barbecue company wants to see if the people in Washington like their new flavor of barbecue. Select the option that best represents a population.
A barbecue company wants to see if the people in Washington like their new flavor of barbecue. Select the option that best represents a population.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied. In this case, people of Washington.
Because the barbecue company is only concerned about what the people in Washington thinks of their new barbecue flavor, we can eliminate the option for everyone in the United States, because we are focused on only one state. Also, a population includes both adults and children, which is why "Every person in Washington" is the best answer choice.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied. In this case, people of Washington.
Because the barbecue company is only concerned about what the people in Washington thinks of their new barbecue flavor, we can eliminate the option for everyone in the United States, because we are focused on only one state. Also, a population includes both adults and children, which is why "Every person in Washington" is the best answer choice.
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A company that produces eye glasses for children in the United States wants to see if kids like their new style of glasses. Select the option that best represents a population.
A company that produces eye glasses for children in the United States wants to see if kids like their new style of glasses. Select the option that best represents a population.
In order to answer this question, we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied. In this case, it's all of the kids in the United States.
Because the eye glasses company is only concerned about what kids think of their new style, we can eliminate all of the options that say "everyone" or "every adult", leaving us with "Every child in the United states" as our correct answer.
In order to answer this question, we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied. In this case, it's all of the kids in the United States.
Because the eye glasses company is only concerned about what kids think of their new style, we can eliminate all of the options that say "everyone" or "every adult", leaving us with "Every child in the United states" as our correct answer.
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After a school debate by the students running for student council, the principal wanted to know what the student body thought about the topics that were debated. Select the option that best represents a sample.
After a school debate by the students running for student council, the principal wanted to know what the student body thought about the topics that were debated. Select the option that best represents a sample.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "sample" means. A sample is a subset of a population.
Because we want a subset, we don't want the entire population, which eliminates the answer choices "Everyone who was at the debate ". Also, the principal wants to know what the student body thought about the topics debated, not the teachers, which eliminates "All of the teachers". Finally, the principal didn't specify if she wanted just the girls' opinions, which makes "A random sample of the students who were at the debate" the best answer choice.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "sample" means. A sample is a subset of a population.
Because we want a subset, we don't want the entire population, which eliminates the answer choices "Everyone who was at the debate ". Also, the principal wants to know what the student body thought about the topics debated, not the teachers, which eliminates "All of the teachers". Finally, the principal didn't specify if she wanted just the girls' opinions, which makes "A random sample of the students who were at the debate" the best answer choice.
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A grocery store wanted to find out what brand of chips their customers buy most often. Select the option that best represents a population.
A grocery store wanted to find out what brand of chips their customers buy most often. Select the option that best represents a population.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied, in this case all of the customers the shop at the grocery store.
"The entire population in the United States" and "The entire population in California" are not the correct answer because not everyone in an entire population shops at the same grocery store, and this store is only concerned about their own customers. Also, a random sample does not represent a population, so that is not the correct answer.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied, in this case all of the customers the shop at the grocery store.
"The entire population in the United States" and "The entire population in California" are not the correct answer because not everyone in an entire population shops at the same grocery store, and this store is only concerned about their own customers. Also, a random sample does not represent a population, so that is not the correct answer.
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A clothing store wanted to find out what accessories their customers buy most often. Select the option that best represents a population.
A clothing store wanted to find out what accessories their customers buy most often. Select the option that best represents a population.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied, in this case all of the customers the shop at the clothing store.
"The entire population in the United States" and "The entire population in Indiana" are not the correct answer because not everyone in an entire population shops at the same clothing store, and this store is only concerned about their own customers. Also, a random sample does not represent a population, so that is not the correct answer.
In order to answer this question we first need to know what "population" means. A population is the entire group that is being studied, in this case all of the customers the shop at the clothing store.
"The entire population in the United States" and "The entire population in Indiana" are not the correct answer because not everyone in an entire population shops at the same clothing store, and this store is only concerned about their own customers. Also, a random sample does not represent a population, so that is not the correct answer.
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School elections are at the end of next week, and there are three students running for class president: Sara, Matt, and Joseph. The school principal decided to take a random sample of students and find out which candidate each student planned to vote into the role of class president. Out of the
students that attend the school, she asked
students how they planned to vote. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

School elections are at the end of next week, and there are three students running for class president: Sara, Matt, and Joseph. The school principal decided to take a random sample of students and find out which candidate each student planned to vote into the role of class president. Out of the students that attend the school, she asked
students how they planned to vote. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is the entire student body, and the random sample is the
students that were randomly selected by the principal and asked how they planned to vote.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about who will likely win the class election. Sara received the most votes out of the principal's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that Sara will be the future student body class president.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is the entire student body, and the random sample is the students that were randomly selected by the principal and asked how they planned to vote.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about who will likely win the class election. Sara received the most votes out of the principal's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that Sara will be the future student body class president.
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School elections are at the end of next week, and there are three students running for class president: Sara, Matt, and Joseph. The school principal decided to take a random sample of students and find out which candidate each student planned to vote into the role of class president. Out of the
students that attend the school, she asked
students how they planned to vote. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

School elections are at the end of next week, and there are three students running for class president: Sara, Matt, and Joseph. The school principal decided to take a random sample of students and find out which candidate each student planned to vote into the role of class president. Out of the students that attend the school, she asked
students how they planned to vote. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is the entire student body, and the random sample is the
students that were randomly selected by the principal and asked how they planned to vote.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about who will likely place third in the class election. Joseph received the least votes out of the principal's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that Joseph will place third.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is the entire student body, and the random sample is the students that were randomly selected by the principal and asked how they planned to vote.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about who will likely place third in the class election. Joseph received the least votes out of the principal's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that Joseph will place third.
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School elections are at the end of next week, and there are three students running for class president: Sara, Matt, and Joseph. The school principal decided to take a random sample of students and find out which candidate each student planned to vote into the role of class president. Out of the
students that attend the school, she asked
students how they planned to vote. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

School elections are at the end of next week, and there are three students running for class president: Sara, Matt, and Joseph. The school principal decided to take a random sample of students and find out which candidate each student planned to vote into the role of class president. Out of the students that attend the school, she asked
students how they planned to vote. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is the entire student body, and the random sample is the
students that were randomly selected by the principal and asked how they planned to vote.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which two candidates will likely win the class election. Sara received the most votes out of the principal's pole, followed by Matt; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that Sara and Matt have the best chance to be the future student body class president.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is the entire student body, and the random sample is the students that were randomly selected by the principal and asked how they planned to vote.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which two candidates will likely win the class election. Sara received the most votes out of the principal's pole, followed by Matt; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that Sara and Matt have the best chance to be the future student body class president.
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The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the
visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the
visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which animal exhibit is the most popular. The pandas received the most votes out of the owner's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the Panda Exhibit is the most popular exhibit at the zoo.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which animal exhibit is the most popular. The pandas received the most votes out of the owner's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the Panda Exhibit is the most popular exhibit at the zoo.
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The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the
visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the
visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which animal exhibit is the least popular. The fish received the least votes out of the owner's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the Fish Exhibit is the lest popular exhibit at the zoo.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which animal exhibit is the least popular. The fish received the least votes out of the owner's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the Fish Exhibit is the lest popular exhibit at the zoo.
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The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the
visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the
visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which two animal exhibits are the most popular. The pandas received the most votes out of the owner's pole, followed by the gorillas; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the Panda Exhibit and the Gorilla Exhibit are the two most popular exhibits at the zoo.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which two animal exhibits are the most popular. The pandas received the most votes out of the owner's pole, followed by the gorillas; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the Panda Exhibit and the Gorilla Exhibit are the two most popular exhibits at the zoo.
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The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the
visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the
visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which two animal exhibits are the least popular. The fish received the least votes out of the owner's pole, followed by the snakes; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the Fish Exhibit and the Snake Exhibit are the two least popular exhibits at the zoo.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which two animal exhibits are the least popular. The fish received the least votes out of the owner's pole, followed by the snakes; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the Fish Exhibit and the Snake Exhibit are the two least popular exhibits at the zoo.
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The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the
visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitor's favorite. Out of the visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the
visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which animal exhibit the zoo could get rid of with the least amount of upset visitors. The fish received the least votes out of the owner's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the least amount of people will be upset if the zoo got ride of the Fish Exhibit.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which animal exhibit the zoo could get rid of with the least amount of upset visitors. The fish received the least votes out of the owner's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the least amount of people will be upset if the zoo got ride of the Fish Exhibit.
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The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitors' favorite. Out of the
visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

The owner of a zoo wants to find out which animal exhibit is the most popular. The owner decided to take a random sample of the zoo's visitors to find out which exhibit was the visitors' favorite. Out of the visitors of the zoo last Friday, the owner asked
visitors which exhibit was their favorite. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the
visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which animal exhibit, if the zoo got rid of, would create the most upset visitors. The pandas received the most votes out of the owner's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that if the zoo got rid of the Panda Exhibit, they'd have the most upset visitors.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the visitors of the zoo on Friday, and the random sample is the visitors that were randomly selected by the owner and asked which exhibit was their favorite.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which animal exhibit, if the zoo got rid of, would create the most upset visitors. The pandas received the most votes out of the owner's pole; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that if the zoo got rid of the Panda Exhibit, they'd have the most upset visitors.
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A ballroom dance school wants to find out which dance their clients had the most fun learning. Out of the
students that attend the dance school, the manager asked
students which style of dance they had the most fun learning. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

A ballroom dance school wants to find out which dance their clients had the most fun learning. Out of the students that attend the dance school, the manager asked
students which style of dance they had the most fun learning. The results are shown in the provided table.
What inference can be made based on the results shown in the provided table?

We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the clients that go to the dance school, and the random sample is the
students that were randomly selected by the manager.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which style of dance was the least fun to learn. The least number of students had fun learning the fox trot dance; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the fox trot is the least fun dance to learn.
We can use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population. In this case, our population is all of the clients that go to the dance school, and the random sample is the students that were randomly selected by the manager.
Based on our answer choices, we are making an inference about which style of dance was the least fun to learn. The least number of students had fun learning the fox trot dance; thus, we can infer—based on these results—that the fox trot is the least fun dance to learn.
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