SOC 3020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sampling Frame, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Normal Distribution
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Population- the group to which the study results are to be generalized. Elements- individual numbers of the population whose characteristics are to be measured. Enumeration unit- unit that contains one or more elements and is listed in the sampling frame. Sampling frame- list of all elements in the population or the entities containing the elements of the population. Sampling unit- only applies when you get a list of one thing to get a list of another thing (sample unit is the middle thing) In a study of crime victimization on the clemson. The full campus directory listing names, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all students, faculty, and staff currently at clemson. The section of the campus directory listing graduate students only. All clemson university students (graduate and undergraduate), faculty, and staff. To another population of interest (cross- population generalizability) Sampling error: the difference between the characteristics of the sample and the population from which it was selected.
