What is the difference between sampling errors and sampling bias?

What will be an ideal response?


Sampling error refers to the researchers not obtaining an accurate sample of the population. Sampling bias is a distortion caused by the way the sample was selected or formed, so that the sample is no longer representative of the population.

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Which of the following, according to Rollo May, refers to a professional helper who is able to work from a perspective of resolved emotional experience that has sensitized him or her to self and others in a helpful way

a. a wounded healer b. a wounded helper c. an effective counselor d. a mental health counselor

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Gender roles refer to:

a) societies views regarding appropriate behavior based on one’s biological sex b) males at the center of the universe c) physical characteristics used to assign people to categories d) all of the above

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Feminist counselors explore clients' gender role expectations and how they relate to the presenting problem. This is important because:

a. Gender role expectations may interact with the development of psychological distress b. Gendered expectations for women may contribute to symptoms of depression c. Both A and B d. None of the above

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Family therapy almost always involves interventions to alter:

a. the coping mechanisms of the individuals in a family system b. an individual's personality. c. the context of family problems. d. the way a family system operates.

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