In Polling, the Difference Between the Sample's Results and Those

question 31

Multiple Choice

In polling, the difference between the sample's results and those that would have been obtained had the entire population been interviewed is known as which of the following?

• A) A failure of randomness
• B) A sampling error
• C) Unlikely to happen at all
• D) Likely to be very large
• E) A statistical miscalculation

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Definitions:

Associative Strength

The measure of how strongly two ideas or experiences are connected in the mind, influencing the ability to learn associations.

Training Trial

An instance or episode during which a learning process is implemented, aimed at teaching a specific skill or behavior.

Rescorla And Wagner

A model proposing that the strength of learning is determined by the extent to which a conditioned stimulus (CS) is surprising or unexpected, pertaining to classical conditioning.

Learned Irrelevance

The presentation of a stimulus without an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) leads to the recognition that the stimulus is irrelevant, stops attention to that stimulus, and impairs conditioning when the stimulus is later paired with the UCS.