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10 Cards in this Set
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Response rate |
Percent of people out of the total available who respond to a survey |
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Population |
Group of individuals a researcher seeks for a study |
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Sample |
Individuals chosen from the population chosen for the study |
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Sampling error |
Difference between the observations in a population and in a sample that represents the study population |
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Probability sample |
Individuals chosen with a specific probability |
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Convenience / purpose sample |
Easiest way to obtain sample without doing much |
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Simple random sample |
Sample chosen randomly from the population everyone has an equal chance of being chosen |
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Cluster sample |
Randomly chosen from clusters of the population |
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Stratified random sample |
Sample chosen from the population so a proportion of individuals with a specific characteristic are equivalent in the population and the sample |
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Quota sample |
Sample chosen from available individuals and individuals with a specific characteristic in the population sample |
