Exam 14: Sampling

_____ are summary descriptors of variables of interest in the population.

The list of elements in a population from which the sample is actually drawn is known as the _____.

If one selects a sample by beginning with a random start of an element and then selecting every k^th element in the frame for inclusion in the sample,which type of sampling method is being used?

The most frequent proportion measure is the _____.

In the alcohol consumption study at Metro University,students who do not belong to Greek organizations outnumber those who do by 6 to 4.If Brittany draws the study sample such that 60% of the sample is made up of non-Greek-affiliated students and 40% of Greek-affiliated students,what type of sampling has she used?

Which type of sampling technique can result in a skewed sample if periodicity exists in the population?

The Hilton organization is considering a survey about factors affecting brand loyalty that will be sent to all of its Hilton Honors club members.This is an example of a _____.

In which sampling technique,are participants in a study selected by referral?

If Brittany drew a sample of class locations (buildings and classrooms)on campus,and then sampled all of the students in those buildings,what type of sampling technique was employed?

Hilton Hotels wishes to conduct a study on the determinants of brand loyalty among Hilton Hotel customers.The Hilton organization estimates that 10% of its 2,600,000 Hilton Honors club members are loyal to the Hilton brand wherever they travel.However,the remaining members may choose other hotel brands at times.The organization wants to understand how to increase loyalty among the other 90% of club members. In a follow-up survey to the Hilton study on brand loyalty,the organization plans to focus solely on estimating the attributes of the 10% of Hilton Honors members who are thought to be brand loyal.In this example,10% is the _____.

In the Hilton example,the population for the study is _____.

What type of sampling method should Brittany use?

A survey that uses a sample of city blocks from a map as a way of sampling city residents is based on the _____ sampling technique.

With which of the following sampling techniques is the practice of double sampling typically found?

Which term below refers to a controlled,randomized procedure that assures that each population element is given a known,nonzero chance of selection into a study's sample?

All of the following are methods of probability sampling except _____.

Estimates of precision are possible with _____ samples.

Which of the following terms refers to the variation in measures due to some known or unknown influence that causes the scores to skew in one direction or another?

In the Hilton example,the individual club members represent the _____.

In the Hilton example,the Hilton Honors membership list represents the _____.