Suppose a teacher is interested in surveying her students' attitudes about various social issues. On the day of the survey, everyone is present and takes it except for one student (who is absent). Can we conclude that a population has been measured in this example? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
No, this is a sample. Even if just one person is not included in a study from a given population, we cannot accurately say that we have surveyed the population.
You might also like to view...
Formants are the ______.
A. basic units of sound in human language B. points along the vocal tract where airflow can be constricted to make certain sounds C. placing of voicing in the speech signal D. frequency bands with higher amplitudes among the harmonics of a vowel sound
A rat is placed in a radial maze in which it has already been trained for many trials. As compared to rats without damage to their hippocampus, rats with damage are more likely to ____.
A. enter an alley at random B. fail to eat the food they find C. enter one of the correct alleys repeatedly D. enter an alley that is never correct
Muzafer Sherif’s Robber’s Cave experiment with boys at a summer camp showed that ____.?
a. ?cooperative contact can be fostered in situations where groups share superordinate goals b. ?prejudice is very difficult to create when people feel comfortable within their in-groups c. ?once prejudice and conflict are created, it is nearly impossible to eliminate it d. ?the best way to reduce conflict between two groups is to place them together in the same context and let them work it out
Who is more affected by X-linked inherited disorders?
a. females b. males c. children under one year of age. d. adults with mutations