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Sample Bias WORKSHEET
Suitable for Grades: 7th Grade, Geometry
CCSS: 7.SP.A.1, HSS.IC.A.1
CCSS Description: Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative samples and support valid inferences.
Understand statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters based on a random sample from that population.
Understand statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters based on a random sample from that population.
Sample Bias WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION
This worksheet covers biased sampling method for questionnaires and surveys. A selection of scenarios are provided for learners to look at the data required and the process used. Learners must then decide if the collection method is biased in any way. Use this worksheet alongside Question Bias, Writing Statistical Questions, Identifying Problems in Statistical Questions (A) and Identifying Problems in Statistical Questions (B).
