| 1. An operational definition of a population that provides the basis for drawing a sample. | | |
| 2. “English-speaking Boston residents 65 years of age or older who are not living in nursing homes or long-term care facilities” describes a _____. | | |
| 3. A sampling design in which every possible combination of cases of a given sample size has an equal chance of being selected. | | |
| 4. In the 1996 Presidential election, Bill Clinton received 49 percent of the actual vote; “49 percent” is an example of a _____. | | |
| 5. In a Gallup poll two days prior to the 1996 Presidential election, 48 percent of 1,448 “likely voters” said they intended to vote for Bill Clinton; “48 percent” is an example of a _____. | | |
| 6. The Gallup organization reported a 2.5 percent error margin; that is, they estimated that Clinton would receive between 45.5 and 50.5 percent of the vote. This estimate is called a _____. | | |
| 7. The difference between the percentages in questions 4 and 5 is most likely due to _____. | | |
| 8. This type of probability sampling design is intended to increase sampling efficiency by decreasing the margin of error. | | |
| 9. A main purpose of this probability sampling design is to reduce the costs of data collection. | | |
| 10. This may be used in lieu of simple random sampling if the sampling frame is large, unnumbered, and not computerized. | | |
| 11. A nonprobability sampling design that resembles proportionate stratified random sampling. | | |
| 12. Using expert judgment to select cases that are representative of the population. | | |
| 13. Type of referral sampling often used in studies of deviant populations. | | |
| 14. The greater the _____ of the population with respect to the characteristic begin estimated, the more cases required to yield a reliable sample estimate. | | |
| 15. Use of a city telephone directory as a sampling frame invariably introduces this problem. | | |