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| a group of potential participants to whom you want to generalize the results |
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| a subset of the population |
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the likelyhood of any one member of the population being selected is known.
ex. 1000 seniors, 4500 students, it is liely that one senior will be chosen
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the likelyhood of selectig one member of the population is not known.
ex. when specific details are no known |
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most common type of probability sampling
each member of the population has a equal chance of being selected |
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| simple random sampling process |
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1. the definition of the population from which you want to select the sample
2. The listing of the members of the population
3. The assignment of numbers to each member of he population
4. The use of a crieria to select he sample that you want |
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every kth umber on the list is selected. kth stating any number up to the desired sample
see page 100 for explanation |
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| profile of he sample matches the profile of the populaion |
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| stratified random sampling |
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the sample should mirror the distribuion amount.
page 101 |
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units of individuals are selected rather than individuals themselves.
cluster groups of occurence that occur together. |
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| non probability sampling - convenient sampling |
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the audience is a captive oe and a very convenient way to generate a sample.
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| selects people with the characteristics that you want |
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| proportional stratisfied sampling |
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the difference between a measure of the characteristic of the sample and a measure of the characteristic of the population from the sample
pg 103 |
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| how do you minimize sampling error |
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| increase the sample size as much as possible |
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