Module 5: Sampling

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Generalizability: How representative the sample is to that particular population or another close one.

Population: An entire group of people from which sample can be drawn

Elements: The individual members (units) of the population whose characteristics are to be measures

Sample Size: Size of sample, you idiot

Sampling error: An ERROR when SAMPLING WOW

Sampling Frame: A list of elements containing the elements in a population

Population Parameter: A measure that, for a given population, is fixed and used as the value of a variable in some distribution or frequency function to make it descriptive of that population

Sampling distribution: Shows every result a statistic can take in every sample from a population and how often each result happens

Sampling Units: Units listed at each stage of a multi-stage sampling frame

Representative Sample: "Looks like" the population in all ways that matter to the study