What is a sample?
a. Any subset of people of a population being studied
b. Another term for the population under study
c. The set of data that comes in response to a survey
d. A portion of data taken from another study to the one being done
a
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The use of victimization data has not demonstrated any change in the gender gap in violent offending
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
A full enumeration of every member of a society is called:
a. a market survey b. a national census c. an opinion poll d. a sample survey
The basic idea behind scientific management is that
a. both science and formal organizations are rational. b. organizations benefit from employees with scientific knowledge. c. applying scientific principles can make a business more efficient. d. formal organizations can benefit from more hierarchy and rigidity.
If researchers wanted to examine the opinions of people listed in a city directory, they might call every tenth or fiftieth or hundredth name listed. This would constitute a
A. scale. B. control variable. C. quota sample. D. random sample.