Determine which of the following questions are

answerable using statistical process.

a. How many hours in a day?

No, not answerable by statistical process

Determine which of the following questions
are answerable using statistical process.
b. How old am I?

Not answerable by statistical process

Determine which of the following questions
are answerable using statistical process.
c. How old are the students in LMNHS?

Answerable by statistical process because

one anticipates variability in students' ages.
Determine which of the following questions
are answerable using statistical process.
d. How tall is a typical Filipino??

Answerable by statistical process because it includes

getting the representative group of Filipino families and ask
the family head as to how many members do they have in
their family.
Determine which of the following questions
are answerable using statistical process.
e. What is a typical size of a Filipino family?

Answerable by statistical process because it

includes getting the representative group of
Filipino families and ask the family head as to how
many members do they have in their family.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students should
be able to:
1. Use data from a random sample to draw
inferences about a sample population;
2. Analyse the results of a random sample to
apply generalizations to an entire population; and
3. Explain how bias affects random sampling.
What is your favorite color?
 Class Favorite Color Survey
Color Number of Total Fraction Percent
Responses (use
tally marks)

Blue
Green
Red
Yellow
Pink
Other
 POPULATION
The totality of subjects (people,
animals or objects) under
consideration.
 SAMPLE
It is the portion chosen from a
population

Sampling – the process of taking

samples
 RANDOM SAMPLING
It refers to the sampling
techniques in which each member of
the population is given equal chance
to be chosen as part of the sample.
 BIAS
Bias influences the accuracy and precision of your results.
Your sampling can introduce bias into your data collection.
Possible sources of bias include:
• A change from the sample plan
• Hard to reach units (subjects) are eliminated
• Replacement of units (subjects) with others
• Response rate is lower than calculated
• Sample frame is out of date or does not include all units
(subjects).
 EXAMPLE
1. In order to test the effect of the new drug to humans, 20 patients
were given the dose. After a minute, it was found that the body
temperature in average decreased by 2° C. Answer the following:
a. Are the 20 patients mentioned above is population or
sample?
(sample)
2: The average score of Math exam of senior high school students
under study is 36.
b. Are the senior high school students is population or
sample?
(population)
 Favorite Shoe Brand
Shoe Brand Number of Responses Total
(use tally marks)

NIKE

ADIDAS

CONVERSE

SKETCHERS

VANS
 Wrapping It Up!
1. Are elements of the entire population represented in the
sample?
2. Are elements represented proportionally?
3. Do elements have an equal opportunity to be selected?
4. Can an inference be drawn from the sample data?
5. Is the sampling representative of the population? (i.e. bus
riders versus prom attendees)
6. What is a random sample?
7. What is a biased survey?
8. When do survey or sampling becomes bias?
9. What is meant by a representative survey?
 Challenge Yourself!
Read each statement and identify if it is true or
false. If it is false, explain why.
1. Juan asked 10 of his friends what they thought about
a new video game. This is sample of the students in the
school biased.

True, all of Juan’s friends may like the same game.

 Challenge Yourself!
Read each statement and identify if it is true or
false. If it is false, explain why.

2. Brittany polled the first 47 bus riders at school. This is

sample of the student population biased.

True, bus riders may not be representative of the rest

of the school population.
 Challenge Yourself!
Read each statement and identify if it is true or
false. If it is false, explain why.
3. Jake surveyed the 7 fastest runners in P.E. class about
their favorite class. This is a random sample of the
students in the school.
False, the seven fastest runners do not fairly
represent the school population.
 Challenge Yourself!
Read each statement and identify if it is true or
false. If it is false, explain why.
4. Mr. Johnson looked at 3 different problems from each test
given last year. Each test had the same number of problems.
This is sample of the test problems assigned likely to be biased.

False, Mr. Johnson is taking random samples of all

tests. .
 Challenge Yourself!
Read each statement and identify if it is true or
false. If it is false, explain why.
5. A survey was conducted of 13 shoppers who spent the most
at the mall last month. This is sample of the shoppers at the
mall likely to be biased.

True, these shoppers probably like the mall, but

everyone else might not like the mall
 Statistics and Sampling Test

Directions: Circle the correct response from numbers 1-4

and write short response from number 5.
 Test Yourself!
1. The seventh grade Math class wants to conduct a
survey to determine their favorite shoe brand. Which
sampling of students would be representative of the
population? Circle the correct response.
a. Ask the first five students that enter Math class.
b. Ask students’ family members.
c. Ask students with blue eyes.
d. Ask students to put names on separate cards and
draw 10 names.
 Test Yourself!
2. Mr. Perez’s surveyed one of his seventh grade Science
classes and found student’s favorite type of pet to be a dog.
What inference from this sample data can he apply to all his
classes?
Circle the correct response.
a. Mr. Perez can say students’ favorite pet is a dog.
b. Mr. Perez can say that Juan’s (one of his students) favorite
pet is a dog.
c. Mr. Perez can say most of his students prefer to have a
dog as a pet.
d. Mr. Perez can say the least favorite pet is a cat.
 Test Yourself!
3. Sarah conducted a survey to determine her seventh
grade classmates’ favorite restaurant. She asked six of
her best friends that she eats lunch with. Circle the
correct statement below.
a. Sarah’s process and sample are valid.
b. Sarah’s process is valid, but her sample is invalid.
c. Sarah’s process is invalid, but her sample is valid.
d. Sarah’s process and sample are invalid.
 Test Yourself!
4. Which of the following is an example of a
random sample?
a. Pick five cards from a deck of cards.
b. Ask students how much money basketball
players make.
c. Ask people at a baseball game what their
favorite team is.
d. Make a list of names and ask people what
their favorite name is.
 Test Yourself!

5. Short response.
Brittany wants to determine students’ favorite day
of the week. Explain how Brittany could conduct a
random sample survey in one class to make a
generalization of the entire population:
 Answers:
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. Answers vary. Sample response:
She could ask her classmates to put their answers on
cards and then put cards in a box. She can pick 10 or 12
of the cards to find out the favorite day.
Take Home Challenge!

Random Sampling Worksheet 2 – Reinforcement

Practice will be uploaded in GC.