Which of the following is TRUE:
a. In most cases the raw size of the sample is less important than the fraction of
the population that the sample represents.
b. A smaller sample tends to be more representative of a population than a larger
drawn from the same population.
c. A sample of 3 percent of the population is always more representative of the
population than a sample of 2 percent of the population, regardless of the size of
the sample drawn.
d. The more heterogeneous a population is, the more likely a sample will be
representative of it.
e. All of the above are true.
a. In most cases the raw size of the sample is less important than the fraction of
the population that the sample represents.
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A. descended from indentured servants and tenant farmers at the lowest ranks. B. ascended from indentured servants and tenant farmers at the lowest ranks. C. descended from landed aristocracy at the lowest ranks. D. ascended from landed aristocracy at the highest ranks.
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a) A broad concept encompassing groups and their way of life b) A universal phenomenon reflecting diversity, norms of behavior, and awareness of global interdependence c) The totality of ways being passed on from generation to generation d) All of the above
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a. Josephine Shaw Lowell b. Jane Addams c. Mary Richmond d. Ellen Gates Starr
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