Question 1

What is theoretical sampling and why might a researcher choose this approach?

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Question 2

What is sampling error and how is this related to the sampling frame?

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Question 3

If you wanted to study a sample of students at your university about their feelings about parking, distributing surveys in your classes would be an effective sampling strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Henry wants to do a study the ethnic representation of video game characters on his favorite gaming platform. He makes a list of all of the games that are available for the gaming system. This list of game is the ___________ that he will use to draw his sample.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sampling frame 
B)  Population 
C)  Sample 
D)  Sampling distribution

Question 5

Which of the following is not a way that Census measures are limited?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Census only collects data every 10 years. 
B)  LGTBQIA2S+ questions were excluded from the 2020 Census. 
C)  Racial categories may not accurately reflect how people self-identify. 
D)  Multiracial people have been about to select more than one racial category only starting in 2000.

Question 6

Which of the following is not true about sampling error?

Accepted Answer

A)  As sampling error increases, conclusions about the population based on the sample will be less accurate. 
B)  Overrepresentation in a strata results in sampling error. 
C)  A representative sample has low sampling error. 
D)  With a well-crafted probability sample, sampling error can be eliminated.

Question 7

Which of the following would be the best sampling approach if you were surveying your fellow students about how they felt about campus housing for undergraduate students?

Accepted Answer

A)  Send surveys to students in your classes this semester. 
B)  Choose every 10th person on a list of all students living in undergraduate campus housing. 
C)  Give surveys to students as they come out of the cafeteria a lunchtime 
D)  Send the survey to all students in the student directory

Question 8

When a sampling method is entirely random, this eliminates the opportunity for ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bias 
B)  Error 
C)  Selection 
D)  Generalization

Question 9

How many stages were involved in Cruz, Queirolog, and Boidi's research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Three 
B)  One 
C)  Two 
D)  Four

Question 10

Benz et al (2011) used a disproportionate stratified random sampling method in their study people's awareness of racialized health disparities to ensure that Asian American/Pacific Islanders were included.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

If a sampling frame has an inherent ordering or pattern, there is an issue of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bias 
B)  Periodicity 
C)  Interval 
D)  Randomness

Question 12

Stratified random sampling involves dividing the population by gender and then selecting a random sample in the two stratas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Raj selects a sample for his study on campus parking by asking students to participate in his survey as they are coming out of the cafeteria after lunch and dinner. This is an example of what type of sampling?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cluster 
B)  Quota 
C)  Convenience 
D)  Snowball

Question 14

Francisco-Menchavez used a purposive sample of Filipina migrants for her research because

Accepted Answer

A)  They were a convenient population to access. 
B)  The women were willing to participate in the study. 
C)  Kabalikat Domestic Workers Support Network required the migrant women participate. 
D)  The participants' experiences best fit the focus of the study.

Question 15

Sampling impacts all aspects of the research process.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Quota sampling is most similar to what other type of sampling method?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cluster sampling 
B)  Snowball sampling 
C)  Convenience sampling 
D)  Purposive sampling

Question 17

Benz and her team used which type of sampling method in their study examining people's awareness about racialized health disparities.

Accepted Answer

A)  Disproportionate stratified random sampling 
B)  Proportionate stratified random sampling 
C)  Systematic stratified random sampling 
D)  None of these

Question 18

Dr. Watkins has a population of 500 and wants to have a sample of 75. She should select every ________ person on the sampling frame.

Accepted Answer

A)  5th 
B)  8th 
C)  10th 
D)  15th

Question 19

In your own words, explain the sources of possible sampling error and bias in sampling and how researchers can reduce them. Include examples from the chapter to support your answer.

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Question 20

Which of the following is an example of an element?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nations 
B)  All of these 
C)  Individual people 
D)  Media sources

Exam 4: How Do Researchers Select the People, Places, and Things to Study Sampling

What is theoretical sampling and why might a researcher choose this approach?

What is sampling error and how is this related to the sampling frame?

If you wanted to study a sample of students at your university about their feelings about parking, distributing surveys in your classes would be an effective sampling strategy.

Henry wants to do a study the ethnic representation of video game characters on his favorite gaming platform. He makes a list of all of the games that are available for the gaming system. This list of game is the ___________ that he will use to draw his sample.

Which of the following is not a way that Census measures are limited?

Which of the following is not true about sampling error?

Which of the following would be the best sampling approach if you were surveying your fellow students about how they felt about campus housing for undergraduate students?

When a sampling method is entirely random, this eliminates the opportunity for ___________.

How many stages were involved in Cruz, Queirolog, and Boidi's research?

Benz et al (2011) used a disproportionate stratified random sampling method in their study people's awareness of racialized health disparities to ensure that Asian American/Pacific Islanders were included.

If a sampling frame has an inherent ordering or pattern, there is an issue of _______.

Stratified random sampling involves dividing the population by gender and then selecting a random sample in the two stratas.

Raj selects a sample for his study on campus parking by asking students to participate in his survey as they are coming out of the cafeteria after lunch and dinner. This is an example of what type of sampling?

Francisco-Menchavez used a purposive sample of Filipina migrants for her research because

Sampling impacts all aspects of the research process.

Quota sampling is most similar to what other type of sampling method?

Benz and her team used which type of sampling method in their study examining people's awareness about racialized health disparities.

Dr. Watkins has a population of 500 and wants to have a sample of 75. She should select every ________ person on the sampling frame.

In your own words, explain the sources of possible sampling error and bias in sampling and how researchers can reduce them. Include examples from the chapter to support your answer.

Which of the following is an example of an element?