While Large Groups of Individuals Work on Key OSS Projects

question 25

True/False

While large groups of individuals work on key OSS projects, such as the Linux operating system, some widely used efforts have had fewer developers, creating concerns over quality and security.

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Definitions:

Convenience Sampling

A non-probability sampling method where participants are selected based on their availability and proximity to the researcher.

Judgment Sampling

A sampling method where the samples are selected based on the opinion of an expert, rather than random selection.

Central Limit Theorem

A statistical theory stating that, given a sufficiently large sample size from a population with a finite level of variance, the mean of all samples from the same population will be approximately equal to the mean of the population.

Consistent Estimator

An estimator that, as the sample size increases, converges in probability to the true parameter value.