What are the biggest advantages and disadvantages of utilizing censuses and samples? Which method would you choose in order to gather data, represent your sample, and analyze?

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will include the following:
a. Advantage of censuses:
1. They provide complete data about the population
b. Disadvantages of censuses:
1. It is resource intensive, it requires a lot of time, a lot of staff, and is costly.
2. Identifying every element in a population may not be possible
c. Advantages of samples:
1. Less expensive
. Requires less time to gather
d. Disadvantage of samples:
1. Samples may not reflect the underlying population accurately

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