SOPHIA MILESTONE UNIT 1 HOMEWORK Q & A WITH
RATIONALES
Score 27/29
You passed this Milestone
The manager of a food company wants to conduct a survey to find out whether consumers like or dislike a new
brand of soup that was recently launched.
Which of the following data collection methods is mostly likely to get unbiased results?
Ask distributors who supply the products to local retailers about the popularity of different soup brands.
Ask the employees in the company which soup is the best.
Ask customers who visit retailers within a 15 mile radius of the company headquarters.
, SOPHIA MILESTONE UNIT 1 HOMEWORK Q & A WITH
RATIONALES
Ask customers who visit the grocery store nearest to the manager's house which soup they like the best.
RATIONALE
In order to get the best understanding of which soup is the most popular, they want to get a sense of what
brands in general customers like. Although asking retailers doesn't directly contact customers, by asking all
retailers about their customers they will better capture customers in general than simply asking those who are
near the company headquarters or those who live near the manager.
CONCEPT
Bi
as
2
James participated in an archery competition. He was allowed four attempts and was supposed to hit the bullseye
in the center of the board.
, SOPHIA MILESTONE UNIT 1 HOMEWORK Q & A WITH
RATIONALES
If the figure shows the positions of James' arrows, which of the following would best classify the
arrangement of arrows?
, SOPHIA MILESTONE UNIT 1 HOMEWORK Q & A WITH
RATIONALES
High accuracy and high precision
Low accuracy and low precision
Low accuracy and high precision
High accuracy and low precision
RATIONALE
The arrows are close to the center so they are accurate and they are also close to one another, so they are precise as
well.
RATIONALES
Score 27/29
You passed this Milestone
The manager of a food company wants to conduct a survey to find out whether consumers like or dislike a new
brand of soup that was recently launched.
Which of the following data collection methods is mostly likely to get unbiased results?
Ask distributors who supply the products to local retailers about the popularity of different soup brands.
Ask the employees in the company which soup is the best.
Ask customers who visit retailers within a 15 mile radius of the company headquarters.
, SOPHIA MILESTONE UNIT 1 HOMEWORK Q & A WITH
RATIONALES
Ask customers who visit the grocery store nearest to the manager's house which soup they like the best.
RATIONALE
In order to get the best understanding of which soup is the most popular, they want to get a sense of what
brands in general customers like. Although asking retailers doesn't directly contact customers, by asking all
retailers about their customers they will better capture customers in general than simply asking those who are
near the company headquarters or those who live near the manager.
CONCEPT
Bi
as
2
James participated in an archery competition. He was allowed four attempts and was supposed to hit the bullseye
in the center of the board.
, SOPHIA MILESTONE UNIT 1 HOMEWORK Q & A WITH
RATIONALES
If the figure shows the positions of James' arrows, which of the following would best classify the
arrangement of arrows?
, SOPHIA MILESTONE UNIT 1 HOMEWORK Q & A WITH
RATIONALES
High accuracy and high precision
Low accuracy and low precision
Low accuracy and high precision
High accuracy and low precision
RATIONALE
The arrows are close to the center so they are accurate and they are also close to one another, so they are precise as
well.
