Exam 12: Sampling Designs and Sampling Procedures

Trickle-down sampling involves using probability methods for an initial selection of respondents and then obtaining additional respondents through information provided by the initial respondents.

Which type of nonprobability sampling technique is used in the Consumer Price Index?

A sampling frame is also called a "working population."

Name and describe the types of probability sampling.

Compare and contrast random sampling and systematic (nonsampling) errors.

When some elements of the target population are omitted from the list of elements, ____________________ error may occur.

In which type of sampling is a subsample drawn using simple random sampling within each stratum?

When a telephone book database is re-arranged so that it is organized by phone number instead of by last name, a ____________________ directory has been created.

A reverse telephone directory provides the same information contained in a telephone directory, but in a different format.

A(n) ____________________ is a subset of some larger population that is measured or observed in some way to infer what the entire population is like.

A convenience sample is a type of probability sample.

When a local television station sends a crew to interview joggers in the city park on a beautiful spring day, what type of sample is being used?

All of the following are stages in the selection of a sample EXCEPT to ____.

A canvas is an investigation of all the individual elements that make up the population.

The difference between the results of a sample and the results of a census that is conducted with identical procedures is called ____________________ error.