SMG SI 422 Chapter 1-5: SO201 Exam 1 Study Guide
10 Feb 2017
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Chapter 1: critical thinking, avoid logical fallacies; practice careful thinking using (cid:498)cold logic(cid:499) A tentative statement of a relationship between two variables. Target population: concretely specified group of many cases from which a researcher draws a sample and to which results from the sample are generalized. Sampling frame: specific list of sampling elements in the target population (phone directories, tax records, driver license records, etc. ) Universe: broad group to whom you wish to generalize your theoretical results (e. g. , all people in florida) Population: collection of elements from which you draw a sample (e. g. , all adults in the miami metro area) Ethical norms are embedded in context of society in which they take place. How are ethical norms shaped: population vs. What you would like tot talk about what you actually observe in the data. Sampling frame: list of sampling elements in the target population relevant information is present. All units can be found their contact information, map location or other.
