CJ 350 Ch. 05

The set of individuals or other entities to which we want to be able to generalize our findings is the ______.

• sample
• subset
• population
• sampling frame

A subset of the larger set of individuals or other entities in which we are interested is the ______.

• component
• population
• elementary unit
• sample

Dr. Jones is researching perception of student safety at East High School. She will obtain the sample directly from the entire population of students at the school based on a list obtained from the registrar’s office. This list, from which the elements of the population are selected, is termed the ______.

• elementary unit
• sampling frame
• sample subset
• enumeration unit

Sampling is unnecessary if ______.

• all the units in the population are identical
• most of the units in the population are identical
• social scientists are able to skirt the problem of generalizability
• the research population is very diverse

______ generalizability refers to the ability to generalize from a sample of a larger population to that population itself.

• Cross-population
• Sample
• Internal
• External

Sampling methods in which the probability of selection of population elements is unknown are known as ______ sampling methods.

• representative
• probability
• nonprobability
• unrepresentative

In ______ sampling, elements are selected because they are easy to find.

• simple random
• availability
• cluster
• snowball

Sampling methods that do not reveal the likelihood of selection in advance are likely to ______.

• be probability sampling methods
• have serious methodological issues
• have a natural tendency to confuse the concept of probability
• be nonprobability sampling methods

Simple random sampling requires a procedure that generates numbers or identifies cases ______.

• through differentiation of value based on strata
• strictly on the basis of chance
• by using disproportionate stratified sampling
• strictly on the basis of periodicity

A researcher who draws conclusions about individual-level processes from group-level data is constructing a(n) ______ fallacy.

• individual level
• ecological
• reductionist
• analytical