SOC222H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sampling Frame, Statistical Parameter, Nth Metal
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We can visually check these types of potential scatter plots. The independent variable is placed on the x axis. The variable that we think is going to be affected by the independent variable is going to be placed on the y axis. Clear patterns in empirical social science data are rarely as clear or as perfect as those shown in the theoretical examples. Sample- a selection of observations that come from a population. Population- the set of all possible data values that could be observed in what you are studying. Sampling- the act or process of selecting observations from the wider population you are studying (your target population) Researchers typical use different notation when referring to a measure summarizinf a population characteristic (parameter), and a measure summarizing a sample characteristic (statistic) even when these measures of their values are the same: Two kinds of sampling: non- probability and probability.
