EDR 610 QUIZ 3 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS

Ms. Manley wants to do a small experiment among first graders in her school. She wants to be able to generalize her results to the entire group, so she selects 30 students who are representative of all first graders. The 30 students are referred to as the _________ , and all first graders are referred to as the ____________. In which situation might the target population and the sampling frame be exactly the same? Which type of sampling includes random, stratified random, systematic, and cluster sampling techniques? Which type of sampling would likely result in the MOST representative sample? A research team from the local university is going to conduct a study that will involve five high schools. The total population is six thousand students, so the principal investigator decides to use the systematic sampling procedure to select the sample for the study. Which of the following is NOT a step in this procedure?