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Sociology- key terms
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- 1RepresentativeA sample which represents the whole of society
- 2GeneralisableAble to represent society in general
- 3ReliableConsistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted.
- 4ValidAnother word for accurate
- 5SampleA small part of the population that represents the whole of the target population
- 6Cross-sectionalThe results of the survey are applicable to the whole population
- 7Snowball sampleA person finding a person from an obscure group gaining their trust and finding overs of the group.
- 8Stratified sampleA Sample which is random and representative to target population
- 9Systematic sampleGoing through the sampling frame and choosing every nth number
- 10Random samplePicked out of a hat even chance of getting picked
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- Flashcards on Sociology- key terms, created by Quinlan Gillespie on 28/09/2017.
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