REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
DETERMINING EXPERIMENTAL AND SAMPLE DESIGNS
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Question
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A teacher hands out an index card and asks all of her students to write down the following information:age, height (in inches), and what grade they are in.Which of the following best describes her method of data collection?
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Census
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Simple Random Sample
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Cluster Random Sample
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Stratified Random Sample
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Undercoverage bias occurs when some members of your population are not represented in the sample. It is common in convenience sampling, where you recruit a sample that’s easy to obtain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The newspaper asks readers to comment on its survey of local opinion. Readers say that: this is a simple random sample.
Detailed explanation-3: -If a student asks 16 friends to participate in a psychological experiment, then he is using a convenience sampling method. It is a non-probability sampling technique. It is an easy method to use because it is available at one’s convenience.
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