Surveys, Samples, And Populations

Question 1

____ - Involves asking people directly about their attitudes and behaviors (subjects are asked a series of questions that they respond to. People may not give the most accurate results for fear that the survey won’t be confidential or may answer the way they think the interviewer wants to hear)

Answer 1

Surveys

Question 2

____ - Surveys usually study these. The whole group that the researcher is studying. (May identify a target population)

Answer 2

Populations

Question 3

___ ___ - Specific portion of the population that we are trying to study

Answer 3

Target population

Question 4

____ - The researcher may not study everyone in the population and just take a subset of the population (needs to choose this very carefully or there might be bias. Some may skew the results)

Answer 4

Sample