Reference no: EM133902008
Questions
1 .Dr. Smart wanted to draw a sample of households to identify the adults within those households. The adults are considered the ______ and the households are considered the ______. Group of answer choices elements; enumeration units elements; sampling frame sampling frame; enumeration units enumeration units; elements
What is the term for the ability to generalize a study's findings to events and settings outside of the study itself?
measurement validity
external validity
operationalization
conceptualization
2. Which of the following is NOT a way to minimize sampling error and increase sample quality?
Sample should be as representative as possible to generalize to the population.
Ensure the obtained sample is acceptable.
Collect a sample of convenience.
Population should be defined as well as possible.
3. One researcher gathered a small sample from high school students from one school and generalized his results to the entire high school body of that school. Depending on the quality of the sample, the ______ may be compromised.
sample generalizability
internal validity
sample reliability
cross-population generalizability
4. Samples are easier to collect because of all the of the following EXCEPT ______.
less money needed
less need for prior information
less time needed
less need for control over sampling
5. Which of the following nonprobability sampling methods requires that the researcher know the characteristics of the entire population?
quota sampling
snowball sampling
none of these
availability sampling