When Preparing a Sampling Plan, the Researcher Needs to Decide

question 40

Multiple Choice

When preparing a sampling plan, the researcher needs to decide how to contact prospective subjects for the survey.The most common choices are:

• A)mail, telephone, and Internet.
• B)mail, telephone, and optical scan.
• C)mail, telephone, and personal interview.
• D)observation, personal interview, and experimentation on a person-by- person basis.
• E)observation, telephone, and personal interview.

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Definitions:

Ceteris Paribus

A Latin phrase meaning "all other things being equal," used in economics to isolate the effect of one economic variable from the influence of others.

Normative Economics

A branch of economics that deals with value judgments about what the economy should be like, focusing on what ought to be rather than what is.

Post Hoc

Post hoc refers to a logical fallacy where it is assumed that if one event occurs after another, it must have been caused by the first event.

Inductive Reasoning

A method of reasoning in which specific observations or sets of observations are used to make broad generalizations.