Local researchers want to see if voters are more likely to vote for candidates who most closely resemble themselves. The researchers contacted every 5th person on the voter list to ask about their voting choices. Which method are the researchers using to choose the people whom they will contact?
Local researchers want to see if voters are more likely to vote for candidates who most closely resemble themselves. The researchers contacted every 5th person on the voter list to ask about their voting choices. Which method are the researchers using to choose the people whom they will contact?
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Transcribed Image Text:Local researchers want to see if voters are more likely to vote for
candidates who most closely resemble themselves. The researchers
contacted every 5th person on the voter list to ask about their voting
choices. Which method are the researchers using to choose the people
whom they will contact?
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In the example cited, the local voter's list is the POPULATION. In research, the population is the entire group the researchers studied and drew conclusions from. It's a collectivity, a group of elements statistically investigated, mainly in SURVEY and SAMPLING METHODS.
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