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c. You ask the right questions and analyze the data you get in the right way
d. all of the above
_______31. Cluster sampling is often preferred to other random sampling strategies because it:
a. can be used when a sampling frame is not available.
b. is more complicated than simple random sampling.
c. equally represents all groups in the population.
d. allows you to easily identify subgroups in the population.
_______32. Convenience samples are frequently used in student research because they:
a. Are more appropriate for statistical analysis b. Are preferred by instructors.
c. Take less time and money. d. Yield representative samples.
_______33. A researcher uses random numbers to select a sample from the population. What
type of SPECIFIC sampling technique is illustrated in the given situation?
a. Simple random b. cluster c. strati昀椀ed d. systematic
_______34. Every 100th hamburger manufactured is checked to determine the fat content.
a. Simple random b. cluster c. strati昀椀ed d.
systematic
_______35. A head nurse selects 10 patients from each 昀氀oor of a hospital.
a. Simple random b. cluster c. strati昀椀ed d. systematic
_______36. A teacher chooses his advisory class as the respondents of his study.
a. Convenience sampling b. purposive sampling c. quota d. snowball
_______37. A researcher selects the diabetic patients admitted in the hospital as the respondents
of his
study on the lifestyle of diabetic patients.
a. Convenience sampling b. purposive sampling c. quota d. snowball
_______38. It is a process through which the researcher selects a portion or segment from the
population at the center of the researcher’s study.
a. Population b. sampling c. parameter d.
target
_______39. It is a group of persons or objects that possess some common characteristics that are
of interest to the researcher, and about which the researcher seeks to learn more.
a. Population b. sample c. parameter d.
target
_______40. The most important consideration in selecting a sample is that the sample should
be_________.
a. representative of the population
b. made up of a large number of subjects
c. selected from a large number of individuals or elements
d. selected from the population by means of a table of random numbers
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Maylene M. Pitogo