Unit Two - Enumerative Induction

Question 1

Enumerative induction

Answer 1

a form of inductive reasoning where we infer the presence of a relevant property in a target population from the presence of this property in a sample population.

Question 2

relevant property

Answer 2

the feature that is of interest in a case of

enumerative induction.

Question 3

target population

Answer 3

the category of individuals about which an

enumerative induction is drawing a conclusion.

Question 4

sample population

Answer 4

the selection of the target popular which is

described in the premise of an enumerative induction.

Question 5

Statistics

Answer 5

tool that allows researchers to quantify the strength of their enumerative inductions, on the basis of the size of their sample and target populations.

Question 6

Margins of error

Answer 6

indicating a breadth of possible values that the relevant

property could have in the target population, given their findings.

Question 7

Confidence level

Answer 7

indicating how confident their results are, given the sizes of their sample and target populations.

Question 8

Sampling methodologies

Answer 8

are ways of selecting a sample population, meant to

minimize the changes that it is an unrepresentative sample.

Question 9

random sampling

Answer 9

to have been selected from the target population at large,rather than from only a particular subset of it.