Question 1

Which of the following statements about informants is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) An informant is a member of the group that you want to study. 
B) You usually want to select informants who are somewhat typical of the group that you are studying. 
C) Informants are often marginal within their group. 
D) Informants are useful in field research. 
E) The terms informant and respondent are interchangeable. 
A) An informant is a member of the group that you want to study. 
B) You usually want to select informants who are somewhat typical of the group that you are studying. 
C) Informants are often marginal within their group. 
D) Informants are useful in field research. 
E) The terms informant and respondent are interchangeable.

Question 2

Stratifying a population prior to drawing a sample:

Accepted Answer

A) generally occurs when the variables used to stratify are known to be associated with the dependent variable. 
B) eliminates the need for simple random sampling. 
C) is most useful for studying a homogeneous population. 
D) eliminates the need for probability sampling. 
E) is an alternative systematic sampling. 
A) generally occurs when the variables used to stratify are known to be associated with the dependent variable. 
B) eliminates the need for simple random sampling. 
C) is most useful for studying a homogeneous population. 
D) eliminates the need for probability sampling. 
E) is an alternative systematic sampling.

Question 3

A confidence interval at the 68% confidence level will be larger than one constructed at the 95% confidence level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Your friend is trying to decide whether to select a small probability sample or a large availability sample.He asks for your recommendation.What do you recommend?

Accepted Answer

Typically,larger samples are better than

Question 5

A sampling interval of 5 was used to select a sample from a population of 1000.How many elements are to be in the sample?

Accepted Answer

A) 5 
B) 50 
C) 100 
D) 200 
E) 1000 
A) 5 
B) 50 
C) 100 
D) 200 
E) 1000

Question 6

Samantha reports that 60 percent of the first year students at her university think they should be able to bring a car to campus.She also notes that she is 95 percent certain that between 50 and 70 percent of the first year students agree.Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) The range from 50 to 70 percent is a confidence interval. 
B) 95 percent refers to her confidence level. 
C) 60 percent is a statistic. 
D) She could be 99 percent certain that between 55 and 65 percent of the first year students agree. 
E) All of these choices are TRUE. 
A) The range from 50 to 70 percent is a confidence interval. 
B) 95 percent refers to her confidence level. 
C) 60 percent is a statistic. 
D) She could be 99 percent certain that between 55 and 65 percent of the first year students agree. 
E) All of these choices are TRUE.

Question 7

If possible,always sampling from the entire general population is preferable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

You notice that neither you nor anyone in your family has ever been included in a political poll conducted for the media.How do you explain this fact?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.However,answers should

Question 9

is the general term for samples selected in accord with probability theory.

Accepted Answer

A) Probability sampling 
B) Nonprobability sampling 
C) Correlation 
D) Theory 
E) Snowball sampling 
A) Probability sampling 
B) Nonprobability sampling 
C) Correlation 
D) Theory 
E) Snowball sampling

Question 10

We typically sample with replacement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Field researchers are often interested in studying deviant cases in order to improve their understanding of the more typical pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

When selecting variables for stratification,it is best to select variables that:

Accepted Answer

A) stratify based on gender. 
B) stratify based on age. 
C) stratify based on the variables you want to represent. 
D) stratify in order to achieve equally sized group. 
E) always stratify into at most three groups. 
A) stratify based on gender. 
B) stratify based on age. 
C) stratify based on the variables you want to represent. 
D) stratify in order to achieve equally sized group. 
E) always stratify into at most three groups.

Question 13

Sampling error is reduced through an increase in the sample size and an increased homogeneity of the elements being sampled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following statements about informants is FALSE?

Stratifying a population prior to drawing a sample:

A confidence interval at the 68% confidence level will be larger than one constructed at the 95% confidence level.

Your friend is trying to decide whether to select a small probability sample or a large availability sample.He asks for your recommendation.What do you recommend?

A sampling interval of 5 was used to select a sample from a population of 1000.How many elements are to be in the sample?

Samantha reports that 60 percent of the first year students at her university think they should be able to bring a car to campus.She also notes that she is 95 percent certain that between 50 and 70 percent of the first year students agree.Which of the following statements is FALSE?

If possible,always sampling from the entire general population is preferable.

You notice that neither you nor anyone in your family has ever been included in a political poll conducted for the media.How do you explain this fact?

is the general term for samples selected in accord with probability theory.

We typically sample with replacement.

Field researchers are often interested in studying deviant cases in order to improve their understanding of the more typical pattern.

When selecting variables for stratification,it is best to select variables that:

Sampling error is reduced through an increase in the sample size and an increased homogeneity of the elements being sampled.

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Exam 7: The Logic of Sampling

Which of the following statements about informants is FALSE?

Stratifying a population prior to drawing a sample:

A confidence interval at the 68% confidence level will be larger than one constructed at the 95% confidence level.

Your friend is trying to decide whether to select a small probability sample or a large availability sample.He asks for your recommendation.What do you recommend?

A sampling interval of 5 was used to select a sample from a population of 1000.How many elements are to be in the sample?

Samantha reports that 60 percent of the first year students at her university think they should be able to bring a car to campus.She also notes that she is 95 percent certain that between 50 and 70 percent of the first year students agree.Which of the following statements is FALSE?

If possible,always sampling from the entire general population is preferable.

You notice that neither you nor anyone in your family has ever been included in a political poll conducted for the media.How do you explain this fact?

is the general term for samples selected in accord with probability theory.

We typically sample with replacement.

Field researchers are often interested in studying deviant cases in order to improve their understanding of the more typical pattern.

When selecting variables for stratification,it is best to select variables that:

Sampling error is reduced through an increase in the sample size and an increased homogeneity of the elements being sampled.

Human Inquiry and Science

Paradigms Theory and Research

The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

Research Design

Conceptualization Operationalization and Measurement

Indexes Scales and Typologies

Experiments

Survey Research

Qualitative Field Research

Unobtrusive Research

Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Quantitative Data Analysis

Reading and Writing Social Research

Filters