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Soccer Season: Who Represents the League?

Evaluate soccer league sampling plans, identify bias, and explain why random samples support—but do not guarantee—representative results.

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Aligned to7.SP.A.1

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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 7
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify the population and sample in a statistical investigation.
  • Students evaluate whether sampling methods are likely to represent a population.
  • Students explain why random samples support population conclusions without guaranteeing exact matches.

How to use

Use after introducing populations and samples. Have students complete the sampling decisions independently, then discuss how chance and selection methods affect results.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

7.SP.A.1

Understand that a sample can tell about a population, and that random samples tend to represent the population well.

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Soccer Season: Who Represents the League?

Evaluate samples used to report league standings and player statistics.

Define the Group

The soccer league has 12 teams with 15 registered players each, for 180 players total. Evaluate how the league selects players for its season report.

1.
The league wants to learn how many minutes its registered players usually practice outside team sessions. It asks 36 selected players. What is the population of interest?
  • A. All 180 players registered in the league.
  • B. The 36 players selected for the questions.
  • C. All soccer players throughout the state.
  • D. The 12 coaches responsible for the teams.
2.
For a report about season assists, a computer randomly selects 3 different players from each of the league's 12 teams. The report uses only those players' assist totals.

How many players are in this sample?   players

3.
The league wants a random sample of 30 players to study minutes played. Which plan gives every registered player the same chance of selection?
  • A. Choose the 30 players with the highest season goal totals.
  • B. Number all 180 players and randomly draw 30 different numbers.
  • C. Choose the first 30 players who arrive at the final match.
  • D. Ask the coaches to choose the 30 most dependable players.

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