A Multistage Cluster Sample Would Be Most Appropriate for an Interview

question 10

Multiple Choice

A multistage cluster sample would be most appropriate for an interview study of which of the following populations?

• A) all rape victims in your state during the year 2015
• B) all students currently enrolled at your college
• C) followers of the Grateful Dead rock group
• D) all first-year law students in the United States
• E) all students at your college who use nonprescription drugs

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistical testing that assumes no significant difference or relationship exists between specified populations.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, commonly used to measure the precision of the sample mean estimate.

Population Average

The mean of all observations or values in a population.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the accuracy with which a sample represents a population, specifically the variability of the sampling distribution.