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Sampling for Research Methods MCQ

1. A sample is always ________ a population.

A population is the entire set of people a researcher is interested in, and a sample is a smaller set taken from that population

A population is the entire set of people or products in which you are interested

Random sampling enhances external validity, and random sampling enhances internal validity

Answer

Correct Answer: Random sampling enhances external validity, and random sampling enhances internal validity

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2. The sampling interval is calculated by multiplying the entire population by the desired sample size.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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3. An example of sampling with replacement is selecting a number for a participant from a hat, including the participant associated with the number in the sample, and then putting the number back in the hat so that it can be selected again.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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4. Using the ______ method, a researcher assigns a number to everyone who is on the list complied from the sampling frame and put this number on a piece of paper and then puts the paper in a hat

Probability

Random

Nonprobability

Lottery

Answer

Correct Answer: Lottery

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5. With ______ sampling, we can determine the likelihood that any individual in the sampling frame can be selected.

Probability

Nonprobability

Representative

Nonrepresentative

Answer

Correct Answer: Probability

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6. A ______ sample is one that closely matches the population from which it was drawn.

Probability

Nonprobability

Representative

Nonrepresentative

Answer

Correct Answer: Representative

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7. The ______ is used to select those who will be included in the sample.

Population

Sampling frame

Sample restriction

Population frame

Answer

Correct Answer: Sampling frame

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8. The ______ is what you are comparing in the study.

Population

Group

Sample size

Unit of analysis

Answer

Correct Answer: Unit of analysis

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9. Which type of sampling strategy is based on the accessibility of people from the target population?

Snowball sampling

Criterion sampling

Convenience sampling

Probability sampling

Answer

Correct Answer: Convenience sampling

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10. The ______ is all the individuals or things the researcher is interested in for the study being undertaken.

Population

Sample

Participants

Group

Answer

Correct Answer: Population

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11. Why might a sample differ from a population?

There’s a difference between those who responded to the survey and those who didn’t.

People changed their minds after being sampled.

The survey questions changed after being sampled.

The researcher disregarded the answers.

Answer

Correct Answer: There’s a difference between those who responded to the survey and those who didn’t.

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