Homework Help: Government

Posted by sam on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 11:19pm.

1) The portion of the population selected to participate in a poll is known as the
a. public
b. population
c. deliberative group
d. sample
e. focus group
2) A sample that does not overrepresent any portion of the population and whose responses can therefore be safely generalized to the whole is known as a
a. straw sample
b. non probability sample
c. convenience sample
d. quota sample
e. random sample
3) When a poll has a sample that does not represent all segments of the population, the result is called
a. a systematic random sample.
b. a straw poll
c. sample bias
d. sampling error
e. erroneous data
4) Sampling error refers to
a. a number that indicates within what range the results of a poll are accurate.
b. the number of mistakes made by a pollster.
c. a situation in which a sample is not representative of the larger universe being measured.
d. mistakes made in the recording of response in a poll.
e. a situation in which question wording biases the results.

Government - drwls, Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 12:12am
We do not take tests for students. If you have read the assignment, and know the meaning of the terms used, you should have some idea what the answers are.
Government - Anonymous, Monday, November 9, 2009 at 3:58pm
a b c d
Government - Anonymous, Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 4:10pm
d

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