Exam 16: Sampling Designs and Sampling Procedures

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

A list of all of the members of the San Diego chapter of Notre Dame alumni is an example of a sampling frame.

Name and describe the types of probability sampling.

A(n) _____ is a list of elements from which a sample may be drawn and is also called the working population.

The sampling procedure in which a starting point is selected by a random process and then every nth number on the list is selected is called _____ sampling.

If a researcher for Procter & Gamble selects five states randomly, and then selects 10 supermarket chains within each of these states to call for a phone survey for research regarding a new shampoo, what type of sampling procedure is being used?

Systematic errors are due to chance fluctuations.

When an Internet user gives permission to Southwest Airlines to e-mail him special price promotions as they are announced, the user has decided to ______for this type of database communication.

Which of the following refers to any complete group whose members share some common set of characteristics?

Which sampling method involves using a combination of two or more probability sampling techniques?

The difference between the sample result and the result of an accurate census is called _____.