Across
- 4. | The average GPA of all students at BSC
- 5. | Employees hesitate to say they dislike a new workplace policy when their boss is collecting the surveys
- 7. | Watching whether people wash their hands after using the restroom without influencing them
- 9. | Drawing 25 names from a hat containing all students at the school
- 10. | Asking every resident of Bismarck about their internet access
- 11. | Only asking people at a gym whether they think Americans exercise enough
- 13. | Randomly selecting counties, then towns within those counties, then households within those towns
- 15. | A soda company conducting research that ‘proves’ their drinks are healthy
- 17. | The average GPA of 100 randomly chosen BSC students
- 23. | Selecting 200 voters at random from across ND to predict the outcome of an election
- 24. | Only 30% of households return a mailed survey about recycling habits, and those who did are mostly people who recycle
- 25. | The favorite colors of students in a classroom
- 26. | Dividing students into grade levels and randomly selecting some from each grade
- 27. | The number of goals scored in each soccer game during a season
Down
- 1. | Every student enrolled at Bismarck State College in 2025
- 2. | The weight of newborn babies at a hospital, measured in pounds
- 3. | Testing if a new fertilizer increases crop yield by applying it to some fields but not others
- 6. | Randomly picking 5 city blocks, then surveying every household in those blocks
- 8. | The list of how many students ate at the union each day in spring 2025
- 12. | Designing an experiment to see if tutoring improves math grades, then analyzing the results
- 14. | Surveying every 10th shopper entering a grocery store
- 16. | On a survey, asking about overall happiness right after asking about recent illnesses
- 18. | An online poll where readers choose whether or not to respond
- 19. | Asking, 'Do you support the unfair policy that raises student tuition?'
- 20. | A student exaggerating how many hours they study each week when surveyed
- 21. | Asking your friends what they think about a new cafeteria menu
- 22. | The heights (in inches) of players on a basketball team