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How is a sample is termed if it has similar characteristics to the population being studied.?
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How is sample is termed if it has similar characteristics to the population being studied.?
what is the type of sample in which each member of the sample set or group has an equal chance of being chosen
What is a representative sample?
A sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole
Why is it so important to have a representative sample?
If the sample is not representative of the population, then the characteristics of the sample are not the characteristics of the population. Example: If I want to estimate the percentage of the population that are men, and my sample is the school's football team, my estimate would be that 100% of the population is comprised of men. What went wrong with my survey ? Simple. The football team is not a representative sample of the population, at least not as regards gender.
Which type of sample is selected to reflect the demographic characteristics of the population of interest?
Convenience sample
How can descriptive statistics be used to understand a samples characteristics?
Will a sample descriptive statistics accurately estimate the underlying population's parameters?
How is sample is termed if it has similar characteristics to the population being studied.?
what is the type of sample in which each member of the sample set or group has an equal chance of being chosen
If it has similar characteristics as the population the sample is termed?
It is called a representative sample.
What is difference between sample and representative sample?
A sample is any subset of the total population. A representative sample is one that is chosen so that its characteristics are similar to that of the population.
What does it mean for a sample to representative of a population?
That the key characteristics of the population are reflected in the sample.
Which sampliing method subdivides the population into categories sharing similar characteristics and then selects a sample from each subdivision?
Stratified
What is sample and population?
A sample is a group of subjects such as selected from a population. A population deals with all different kinds of subjects that are being studied.
What is a smaller subgroup of the population being studied?
Sample
What is a representative sample?
A sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole
Why is it so important to have a representative sample?
If the sample is not representative of the population, then the characteristics of the sample are not the characteristics of the population. Example: If I want to estimate the percentage of the population that are men, and my sample is the school's football team, my estimate would be that 100% of the population is comprised of men. What went wrong with my survey ? Simple. The football team is not a representative sample of the population, at least not as regards gender.
Which type of sample is selected to reflect the demographic characteristics of the population of interest?
Convenience sample
What is A sample whose characteristics are the same as those of the population it is intended to reflect is called?
A representative sample.
How are biased and unbiased sample similar?
They are samples from a population, but otherwise they are not similar.
