General Classifications for Collecting Data

Question 1

is the process of gathering information from every unit in the population

Answer 1

Census (Complete enumeration)

Question 2

Is the process of obtaining information from the units in the selected sample

Answer 2

Survey Sampling

Question 3

a sampling procedure that gives every element of the population a (known) nonzero chance of being selected in the sample

Answer 3

Probability Samplng

Question 4

does not give every element of the population a nonzero chance of being selected

Answer 4

Non-probability Sampling

Question 5

is the population from which the information is desired

Answer 5

Target Population

Question 6

is the collection of elements from which the sample is actually taken

Answer 6

Sampled Population

Question 7

is the listing of all the individual units in the population

Answer 7

Population Frame