Exam 5: Generalizability and Sampling

High sampling error indicates high levels of generalizability.

When would nonprobability sampling methods most likely be preferred?

Which research technique would make it unnecessary to draw a sample?

A researcher studying small town religiosity in the United States randomly selected 10 states. From these states, he randomly selected one tenth of all counties. From these counties, he randomly selected one tenth of cities with populations smaller than 10,000. From these towns, he obtained lists of all houses of worship and randomly selected three. From these, he selected ten practitioners to be interviewed. In this example, states and counties are examples of ______.

Generating a set of individuals that give us a valid picture of all such individuals is known as ______.

When a sequence of elements to be sampled varies in some regular way it is referred to as ______.

Which of the following is a means for generating a random sample?

Which of the following statements is true about each sample element in a purposive sample?

What is a tool for gathering generalizable data?