PHIL 12 Chapter 3: Sampling
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Phil 12 textbook notes chapter 3: sampling & chapter 4: random samples. 3. 2 a sample of stars: representative sample: sample that is likely to have close to the same proportion of the property as the population. Individuals in the secondary property may be somewhat more/less likely to show the primary property: when secondary property does not have either of the above points, irrelevant. 3. 4 one way to get a representative sample: sample matching: procedure of selecting a sample that has a similar distribution of a property to the population as a whole. 3. 5 some other problems with sample matching: cannot possibly list all the secondary properties, what may be seen as good evidence now may not be later. 4. 2 the meaning of random": randomly selected sample: all individuals in the population have an equal chance of being selected for the sample.
