Ch 7 Flashcards

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Generalizability

A

does the sample represent the population

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2
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External Validity is especially important in what type of claims?

A

frequency claims

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3
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Population

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entire set of people or things/products of interest

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Sample:

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smaller set taken from the population to represent it

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5
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Census

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sampling every member of the population

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6
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Population of interest

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population to which we want our research findings to generalize

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If a sample has good external validity, we can say

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the sample “generalizes to” or “is representative of” the population

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Biased sample (unrepresentative sample)

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not all members of a population have an equal chance of being included

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Unbiased sample (representative sample):

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all members of a population have an equal chance of being included

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10
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Ways to get a biased sample:

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  • convenience sampling

- self-selection

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11
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Convenience sampling

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sampling only those easy to contact

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12
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Self-selection

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sampling only those who volunteer

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13
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Probability sampling (random sampling/ random selection)

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all members of a population have an equal chance of being included

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14
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Nonprobability sampling

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involves nonrandom, biased sampling

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15
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Simple random sampling

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names in a pool and randomly selecting a predetermined number of names

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16
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Cons of simple random sampling

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  • difficult
  • time consuming
  • Impossible if you can’t enumerate population of interest
17
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types of probability sampling

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  • simple random sampling
  • Cluster sampling
  • Multistage sampling
  • Stratified random sampling
  • Oversampling
  • Systematic sampling
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Cluster sampling

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randomly choosing groups/ clusters within a population and using all people in the chosen groups

19
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Multistage sampling:

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2 random sampling stages:

  • 1st randomly choosing groups/ clusters
  • then choosing a random sample within each chosen group
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Stratified random sampling

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selecting demographic categories (strata) then randomly choose people within each category, proportionate to their % in the population

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Oversampling

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  • selecting demographic categories (strata) then randomly choose people within each category, then over representing one or more groups
  • have to adjust statistics on back end
22
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Weighting

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statistical technique to control for bias so that subgroups are properly represented according to their weight in the actual population

23
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Systematic sampling

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using a computer or random # table, choosing 2 random numbers (4 and 7 for ex) and then choosing the 4th person in the room and every 7th person until the desired sample number is reached

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Random sampling (probability sampling)

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creating a sample in a way that enhances external validity, so that each member of the population has an equal chance of being in the sample

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Random assignment
used ONLY in experiments, to assign participants to groups at random (like treatment and comparison groups) increases internal validity
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Types of non-probability sampling:
- Convenience sampling - Purposive sampling - Snowball sampling - Quota sampling
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Convenience Sampling
samples that are easy to access | - common in behavioral research
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Purposive sampling
using only the type of people the researchers want to study, in a non-random way
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Snowball sampling
variation of purposive sampling in which participants are asked to recommend other participants
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Quota Sampling
similar to stratified random sampling- | - identifies subsets of interest, then set a target # for each subset. Sample non-randomly until quotas are filled.
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when a non-probability sample is used, ask:
Are the characteristics that make the sample biased relevant to what's being measured?
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if a sample isn't externally valid, it...
has unknown external validity
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ways of saying a sample is random or not
- Unbiased sample/ biased sample - Probability sample/ nonprobability sample - Random sample/ nonrandom sample - Representative sample/ unrepresentative sample
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are large samples more representative than smaller samples?
- Large samples are not more representative than smaller samples (If the larger sample is not more representative than a smaller sample would be) - A researcher chooses a sample size for a poll in order to optimize the margin of error for the estimate (the degree of sampling error)