Statistics and Data Sets Introduction

The CEO of a company wants to know what her employees think of her new "work from home" policy.

An amusement park surveyed all teenagers who entered the park for a week. The surveyors asked them, "What is your favorite ride in our park?"

Five hundred people were surveyed about their favorite color. These are the results:

Bindi surveyed some students in the lunchroom about the board games they play. She got the following results:

A new high school has opened with about 2,000 students and the principal wants to survey some of them to find out which mascot name they prefer.

A group of randomly selected members of the Chess club were asked how many wins they had earned in the club.

Hayley surveyed a random sample of 50 customers going into Yum Yum Ice Cream. Hayley asked them to taste four new flavors and identify which one they liked best.

Analyze the data below.

A cologne company wants to know how women feel about their new cologne.

Read the way in which Sheldon conducted his survey below. Is Sheldon using a biased or unbiased example? Explain.