A ___ is a number that is a property of the population.
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parameter
A TV researcher wants a quick sample of opinions about a political announcement.
They stop what seems like a reasonable cross-section of people in the street to get
their views.
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Convenience Sampling
, ordered categories
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Ordinal scale
A ___ is a number that represents a property of the sample.
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statistic
how far away a value is from the mean (lower SD is preferred)
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Standard Deviation
Measurement errors results from some imperfect aspect of the research design or
from a mistake in the process of the research:
Social desirability
Bad/Leading Question
Unanswerable Questions
Data Processing Error
Interviewer Bias
Interviewer Cheating
Deliberate Falsification
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parameter
A TV researcher wants a quick sample of opinions about a political announcement.
They stop what seems like a reasonable cross-section of people in the street to get
their views.
Give this one a try later!
Convenience Sampling
, ordered categories
Give this one a try later!
Ordinal scale
A ___ is a number that represents a property of the sample.
Give this one a try later!
statistic
how far away a value is from the mean (lower SD is preferred)
Give this one a try later!
Standard Deviation
Measurement errors results from some imperfect aspect of the research design or
from a mistake in the process of the research:
Social desirability
Bad/Leading Question
Unanswerable Questions
Data Processing Error
Interviewer Bias
Interviewer Cheating
Deliberate Falsification
