Exam 16: Sampling Designs and Sampling Procedures

Which of the following is a nonprobability sampling technique in which an experienced individual selects the sample based on his or her judgment about some appropriate characteristics required of the sample member?

Which type of sampling procedure selects initial respondents using probability methods and selects subsequent respondents from information provided by those initial respondents?

A primary sampling unit (PSU) is a unit selected in the first stage of sampling.

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

A stratified sample in which the sample size for each stratum is allocated according to analytical considerations is called a(n) _____.

Which type of sampling error is primarily due to the nature of a study's design and the correctness of execution?

If a researcher wants to select 50 customers from a sampling frame of 250 customers who have purchased at least $10,000 worth of products from his company within the past six months using a systematic sampling technique, after a random start, the researcher should select every ______ name on the list.

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

Compare and contrast random sampling error and systematic (nonsampling) error. How does the researcher minimize these errors?

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

Which sampling technique is an economically efficient sampling technique in which the primary sampling unit is not the individual element in the population but a large cluster of elements?

When a researcher puts the name of each person on a sampling frame list on a 3" x 5" card, shuffles the cards thoroughly, and then selects 35 names from the top of the pile of cards for a phone interview study, this is an example of what type of sampling procedure?

When subjects are selected for a research study using judgment sampling, this represents a type of ______ sampling procedure.

A convenience sample is a type of probability sampling method.

Claire has agreed to participate in surveys online. Every few weeks, she is sent an email requesting her to participate in an online survey. What did Claire do to become involved in these research studies?

Multistage area sampling is a cluster sampling approach involving multiple steps.

A stratified sample in which the number of sampling units drawn from each stratum is in proportion to the population size of that stratum is called a(n) _____ stratified sample.

A census is any complete group whose members share some common set of characteristics.

A sample is a subset, or some part, of a larger population.

Website Internet surveys use unrestricted samples.