Sampling Distributions of Proportions

Sampling Distributions of Proportions

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Meghan Dovali

Mathematics

10th - 12th Grade

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CCSS
HSS.IC.B.4, HSS.ID.A.4, HSS.CP.A.3

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

The Gallup Poll asked a random sample of 1785 adults whether they attended church during the past week.  Let p-hat be the proportion of people in the sample who attended church.  A newspaper report claims that 40% of all U.S. adults went to church last week.  Suppose this claim is true. 
What is the mean of the sampling distribution of p-hat?

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.MD.A.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

28% of all Woodrow students believe Monday will be snow day. You take a sample of 50 students and find that 15 of them believe Monday will be a snow day. What does 50 represent? 

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

What happens to the shape of a sampling distribution of sample means as n increases?

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

At a particular college, 78% of all students are receiving some kind of financial aid.The school newspaper selects a random sample of 100 students and 72% of the respondents say they are receiving some sort of financial aid. Which of the following is true?

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

Suppose we have a population that is 49% male.  If we take a random sample from that population and determine the percent of our sample that is male, we refer to this proportion as...

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

When sampling from a population with proportion p, the distribution of sample proportions (p-hat) will vary. What will be the mean of all possible sample proportions?

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

When sampling from a population with proportion p, the sample outcomes will vary.  Which of the following represents the standard deviation of the sampling distribution?

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

An independent research company wants to go door to door to survey people in the city of Fontana. The company decides to number all blocks within the city limit, randomly choose 50 blocks and survey all households on each selected block. 
This is an example of:

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

Disneyland often surveys its guests as they exit a restaurant during their visit. The surveyor stands at the restaurant exit, counts the number of people leaving, and surveys every 25th guest.
This is a form of:

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

20 sec • 1 pt

A sample is taken of 200 people. The number of people who own a dog was 80.
What is the sample proportion?

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

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