7.8 Evaluating Samples

Question 0

A completely unbiased sample is one that is ____ representative of the population.

Answer 0

highly

Question 1

Samples should be ____ of the population from which they are drawn.

Answer 1

representative

Question 2

To create a completely ____ sample, you would randomly sample from a population that contains all individuals in the population, and then you would contact and obtain completed responses from all individuals selected to be in the sample.

Answer 2

unbiased

Question 3

The ____ ____ is the actual population of individuals from which a random sample will be drawn.

Answer 3

sample frame

Question 4

The ____ ____ in a survey is simply the percentage of people in the sample that actually completed the survey.

Answer 4

response rate

Question 5

Response rate is important because it indicates how much ____ there might be in the final sample of the respondents.

Answer 5

bias