Chapter 7

Question 1

Population

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is the cluster of people, events, things, or other phenomena that you are most interested in

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

is the process of selecting observations that will be analyzed for research purposes.

Question 3

Non probability sample

sampling refers to sampling techniques for which a person’s

Answer 3

(or event’s or researcher’s focus’s) likelihood of being selected for membership in the sample is unknown.

Question 4

Purposive sample

a researcher begins with specific perspectives in mind that he or she wishes to examine

Answer 4

and then seeks out research participants who cover that full range of perspectives.

Question 5

Snowball samples

researcher might know of one or two people she’d like to include in her study but then

Answer 5

relies on those initial participants to help identify additional study participants.

Question 6

Quota sampling

a researcher identifies categories that are important

Answer 6

to the study and for which there is likely to be some variation.

Question 7

Convenience sample

a researcher simply collects data from those people or other

Answer 7

relevant elements to which he or she has most convenient access.

Question 8

Probability sampling

refers to sampling techniques for which a person’s (or event’s)

Answer 8

likelihood of being selected for membership in the sample is known.

Question 9

Representative sample

is one that resembles the population from which it was

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drawn in all the ways that are important for the research being conducted.

Question 10

Generalizability

refers to the idea that a study’s results will tell us something about

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a group larger than the sample from which the findings were generated

Question 11

Simple random sample

Answer 11

researcher starts with a list of every single member, or element, of his or her population of interest.

Question 12

Stratified sampling technique

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a researcher will divide the study population into relevant subgroups and then draw a sample from each subgroup.

Question 13

Cluster sample

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Researcher randomly selects clusters then randomly selects elements from selected clusters.

Question 14

Systematic sample

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Researcher selects every kth element from sampling frame.

Question 15

Sample

Answer 15

The cluster of ppl or events from which you will gather data