Subject Research Methods 1 The list of elements in a populat

Subject: Research Methods

1. The list of elements in a population from which the sample is actually drawn is known as the _____.

2. What type of sampling is appropriate when a population is small and the elements are quite different from each other?

3. Which of the following terms refers to the variation in measures due to some known or unknown influence that causes the scores to skew in one direction or another? a)precision b)standard error c)systematic variance   d)sampling error   e)random error

4. Sampling error refers to:

5. Assuming that the sampling frame is appropriate, systematic variance can be minimized in a study for: 1)decreasing the sample size b)Increasing the sample size   c)contacting nonrespondents d)Increasing response rates   e)Matching

Solution

1. The list of elements in a population from which the sample is actually drawn is known as the ______

Answer: a sampling frame.

2. What type of sampling is appropriate when a population is small and the elements are quite different from each other?

Answer: Census

3. Which of the following terms refers to the variation in measures due to some known or unknown influence that causes the scores to skew in one direction or another? a)precision b)standard error c)systematic variance   d)sampling error   e)random error

Answer: c) Systematic variance

4. Sampling error refers to:

Answer: Sampling error refers to: differences between the sample statistics and the population\'s parameters caused by random fluctuations inherent in the sampling process.

5. Assuming that the sampling frame is appropriate, systematic variance can be minimized in a study for: 1)decreasing the sample size b)Increasing the sample size   c)contacting nonrespondents d)Increasing response rates   e)Matching

Answer: Assuming that the sampling frame is appropriate, systematic variance can be minimized in a study for: b) Increasing the sample size