RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION

CONCEPT OF SAMPLING AND OTHER CONCEPTS RELATED TO SAMPLING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A poll is taken from 100 seniors in a high school where the senior class has 575 students. The 100 seniors is an example of a ____
A
Sample
B
Population
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Instead of gathering information from the whole population, we often gather information from a smaller subset of the population, known as a sample.

Detailed explanation-2: -Population refers to the entire group or set of individuals, objects, or events being studied, while a sample is a subset of the population that is used for analysis. Descriptive Statistics: Descriptive statistics can be used to analyze both populations and samples.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every possible group of units of the required size has the same chance of being the selected sample as any other sample of the same size. Q. This sample is selected by dividing the population into subgroups and then taking a fixed number of units from each group using the simple random sample.

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