Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Sampling error can be defined as the difference between the characteristics of a sample and the characteristics of the population from which it was selected.
2. Nonprobability sampling methods allow us to know in advance the likelihood that any element will be selected from the population.
3. If a researcher wanted to evaluate the number of burglaries per 1,000 people in Texas in 2015, he would only look at the total number of burglaries in Texas in 2015.
4. The unit of analysis is the particular unit or aggregation that constitutes an observation in a data set.
5. If a researcher is studying cheating by male and female college students at a large, public university, then the unit of analysis is gender.
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False
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