Sunday, November 15, 2009

What is an example of a conclusion that a person might reach about this survey described in a representative s

In a representative sample. If a music producer conducts a survey around video games and wants to know what college students think of poular music. He conducts the survey in the area of the student union, what is the example of a conclusion the producer might reach based on this survey that might not be true about college students in general

What is an example of a conclusion that a person might reach about this survey described in a representative s
The survey is probably not going to be a simple random sample. The sampling method you are describing would probably best be desribed as a convenience sample. Students who do not frequent the student union would not be represented. If we only ask students who GO to the student union about their thoughts on video games, we won't adequately represent ALL students, including "bookworms" (who are studying in the library) or "commuters" (who go home at night) or "off-campus students". Perhaps we are conducting the survey on a day when there is an impromptu reggae band playing in the student union. We might conclude, then, that ALL college students like reggae music when in fact, the students included in the survey were coming to the student union specifically to SEE the reggae band.


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