Recall that sample quality if also dependent on sample size. Imagine you wanted to conduct a study on college students that do not drink, but you know that the majority do drink. Explain what type of stratified sample you would use. Why is such a sample important?
What will be an ideal response?
Disproportionate stratified sample. If a key concern in a research project is to describe and compare why people do or do not drink and yet more people drink than do not drink, then it is important that the researchers have enough cases of those that do not drink to have a valid representation. If few members of a nondrinking group are in the population, they need to be oversampled.
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Which U.S. Supreme Court case required states to enact procedures to protect citizens from abusive searches?
a. Weeks v. United States b. Mapp v. Ohio c. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States d. Wolf v. Colorado
Which of the following statements about parole eligibility is true?
A. Most inmates are automatically paroled as a matter of right. B. All prisoners are eligible for parole. C. Parole eligibility is nationally standardized. D. Good time affects the determination of parole eligibility.
Which of the following is not true of Bentham’s view of criminal law and corrections?
a. the belief that criminals were somewhat childlike or unbalanced, lacking the self-discipline to control their passions by reason b. the belief that criminal law should be reformed so that it would emphasize deterrence and prevention c. the belief that capital punishment should be used even on minor offenses to deter others and to weed out “bad seeds” d. the belief that the goal of corrections was not to avenge an illegal act, but to prevent commission of such an act in the first place