SOCL 2002 Chapter : Surveys, Ethics, And Culture
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Population : the people who hold the characteristics being. Census: a survey administered to every person throughout. Sample: small proportion of people in the studied population. Convenience sample: a participant who was picked because. Survey research vocabulary studied the population being studied (example) of convenience: example. University research is often tested with undergraduate students: usually, information is not well- represented. Snowball sample: one participant leads the researcher to another who introduces him/her to another and so on : helps discover people with rare characteristics or unique subcultures. Random sample: each person within a population has the same opportunity to be chosen for the study: it is impossible to get truly random results because of over and under representations from certain sides. Stratified sample: samples picked to mimic each group"s representation throughout society (% in population: more accurate external validity, time consuming.
