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A census is a study of every member of a sample.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Research findings from volunteer samples may be biased because you have no idea what non-volunteers might have said.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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If you want to get a representative sample of the country’s population, what would the easiest types of sampling to use be?

Multistage cluster

Snowball

Judgmental

Systematic group

Answer

Correct Answer: Multistage cluster

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Throwing dice and drawing names out of a hat are both examples of what kind of sampling?

Frame

Nonprobability

Random

Stratified

Answer

Correct Answer: Random

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A population consists of every individual of a type you want to study.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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If you are trying to access a special population like military families or prisoners, it can be difficult. An effective way of reaching these groups is to use what kind of sampling?

Multistage cluster

Internet-based snowball

Judgmental

Systematic group

Answer

Correct Answer: Internet-based snowball

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There are several factors that impact the sample size you use for your research. Which of the following influence sample size?

Time, money, and resources

Nature of research

Level of confidence

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Non-probability sampling has an advantage of convenience over probability sampling.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Sampling that is based on the idea that a specific person or media content will meet specific criteria the researcher may have is ______ sampling.

Convenience

Purposive

Quota

Snowball

Answer

Correct Answer: Purposive

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Elizabeth decides to interview students who live on campus and those who live off campus so she can compare their attitudes about the campus food service. She decides to interview 10 students. She knows that 80% of students live on campus, so she decides to interview eight resident students and two students who live off campus. This is an example of ______ sampling.

Convenience

Purposive

Quota

Snowball

Answer

Correct Answer: Purposive

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Sampling theory says that we do NOT need large samples as long as we can live with a level of uncertainty about the population we are trying to understand.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Probability sampling means that every unit has an equal chance of being selected.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Sampling frames are the master lists from which a sample is selected.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Stratified random sampling ensures that all the groups of interest to the researcher are proportionately represented in a sample.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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What is a type of stratified sample based on media items separated by the day on which they were published or posted?

Simple random

Constructed week

Internet

Ordinal

Answer

Correct Answer: Constructed week

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Constructed Week Sampling is a type of _____ sampling which sample dates represent all seven days of the week to account for systematic variation.

Random

Stratified

Pseudorandom

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Random

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A telephone survey method in which phone numbers are randomly dialed in hopes of reaching unlisted numbers is known as ______.

Random digit dialing

Cluster

None of the above

Both of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Random digit dialing

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Survey sampling using address data provided by the _____ is known as address-based sampling.

U.S. postal service

U.K. postal service

Scotland postal service

Ireland postal service

Answer

Correct Answer: U.S. postal service

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For a sampling distribution (the distribution of scores for a sample), the ______is called the standard error.

Standard deviation

Variance

Iqr

Range

Answer

Correct Answer: Standard deviation

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Homogeneity is the degree is _____ in a population.

Sameness

Difference

Otherness

Equality

Answer

Correct Answer: Sameness

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Piloting is a _____.A small study conducted prior to a full-scale study to ensure that the full-scale study will work successfully.

Prototype

Mvp

Testing

Stereotype

Answer

Correct Answer: Prototype

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Sampling based on first sampling large units is called Multistage _____ Sampling.

Cluster

Stratified

Both of above

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Cluster

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The interval selected in systematic sampling (e.g., every 10th or 100th unit) is called _____.

Sampling interval

Sampling rate

Systematic sampling

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Sampling interval

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Sampling by selecting every _____ unit from a population is called systematic sampling.

Nth

Ist

2nd

3rd

Answer

Correct Answer: Nth

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Sampling in which randomly selected units from small or minority populations are forced into the sample ensuring that they represent in proportion to their presence is called Stratified Random Sampling.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A device for generating a _____ of numbers that has no pattern is called Random Numbers Generator.

Sequence

Series

Vocabulary

Pattern

Answer

Correct Answer: Sequence

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Sampling in which every member of a population has an equal chance to be selected and in which selection is determined by “_____” rather than a decision by the researcher is called random sampling.

Luck of the draw

Lottery

Raffle

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Luck of the draw

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The units selected for study are called _____ units.

Sampling

Population

Quantization

Census

Answer

Correct Answer: Sampling

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The master list from which a sample is selected is called the sampling frame.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Sampling based on a judgment by the researcher is called _____ sampling.

Probability.

Sample

Snowball

Quota

Answer

Correct Answer: Probability.

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Obtaining a sample by asking for _____is Volunteer Sampling.

Volunteer

Employee

Internship

Community service

Answer

Correct Answer: Volunteer

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Sampling using members of a network to introduce a researcher to other members of the network is called _____ sampling.

Snowball

Quota

Volunteer

Probability

Answer

Correct Answer: Snowball

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Sampling using members of a network to introduce a researcher to other members of the network.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Sampling that attempts to replicate in a sample the features that the researcher thinks are important in the population is _____sampling.

Quota

Snowball

Volunteer

Probability

Answer

Correct Answer: Quota

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Sampling based on specific criteria the researcher may have is Purposive Sampling.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Sampling based on convenience to the _____ is called Convenience Sampling.

Researcher

Scientist

Scholar

Analyst

Answer

Correct Answer: Researcher

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Sampling based on a judgment by the researcher is called Nonprobability Sampling.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A set of individuals or items selected from a wider population is called _____.

Sample

Census

Population

Network

Answer

Correct Answer: Sample

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A study of every member of a population is called _____.

Census

Population

Sample

Reification

Answer

Correct Answer: Census

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Every individual or item of a type you want to study is called _____.

Population

Census

Sample

Network

Answer

Correct Answer: Population

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