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Young Riffy
on Nov 11, 2024
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Suppose you want to find out which candidate college students will vote for in an upcoming national election.To be sure the sample of college students you survey is representative of the college student population,you should
A) survey only a small sample of college students.
B) survey only politically informed college students.
C) survey every college student on your own campus.
D) survey a large representative sample of the college student population.
Representative Sample
A smaller group taken from a larger population that accurately represents the characteristics of the whole population.
National Election
The process by which citizens of a country vote to choose representatives or leaders at a national level.
- Understand the significance of ensuring a sample is representative for the generalization of research outcomes.
- Recognize the significance of employing random sampling to ensure representativeness in survey results.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the significance of ensuring a sample is representative for the generalization of research outcomes.
- Recognize the significance of employing random sampling to ensure representativeness in survey results.