Exam 6: Sampling Strategies

Dr.Jackson wants to conduct an in-depth study of bullying in high school.She is particularly interested in better understanding how bullying relationships develop and continue throughout the school year.What strategy do you think would ensure that Dr.Jackson collects the highest-quality data for her study?

Dr.Luther has accessed a list of all public elementary schools in the state of California.He randomly selects 20 schools from the list and then randomly selects 100 students at each school to survey.What type of sampling method has Dr.Luther used?

In ________ sampling,cases are deliberately selected on the basis of features that distinguish them from other cases.

Two instructors teach a required introductory writing course.Both classes are held at the same time and are similar in terms of demographics and majors.The head of the writing program wants to compare these two classes to understand why there are such different responses to the course.One course's students are highly resistant to taking the course while the other course's students are highly enthusiastic.The writing director is investigating ________ outcomes.

If you wanted to study parenting in the United States,would you conduct variable-oriented or case-oriented research? Choose one,and justify it as the superior approach for this topic.

This figure depicts three different ways to draw a probability sample of 12 from six-person groups.Which type of sampling is illustrated from top to bottom of the figure?

Propose a study for which systematic sampling is a better choice than simple random sampling.Justify your choice for why it is a better sampling method for your topic.

This graph depicts a ________,which is a set of estimates that would be observed from a large number of independent samples that are all the same size and drawn using the same method.