Sociology 2205A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 5: Statistical Inference, Statistic, Statistical Parameter
15 Nov 2017
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2205a: statistics for sociology: populations, samples, and probability sampling, the most appropriate populations for testing theories are very large and therefore time consuming and logistically difficult to interview, or even survey. Inferential statistics are powerful techniques that allow researchers to learn about the larger group from smaller, carefully selected subgroups: suppose a sociology professor is teach introductory statistics, a required course for sociology majors at his university. He does not think that students arriving to his class will have the necessary mathematics background. A study population is the complete set of entities (such as individuals) of interest in a particular study. A study is the subset of entities (individuals, towns, organizations, and so on, combined) selected from a population, usually intended to represent the population in a research study. What is true about the sample: [answer]: this would be a non-random sample, the best way to have a representative sample is to use epsem sampling.
