Data Are Collected from a Representative Sample of the Population

question 51

Multiple Choice

Data are collected from a representative sample of the population in a needs assessment when:

• A) collecting data from the entire population is not feasible.
• B) there is concern about response bias.
• C) the population is vastly diverse and spread over a large geographic area.
• D) secondary data are wanted.

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Definitions:

Siblings

Brothers, sisters, or any individuals sharing at least one parent.

Checking Account Balance

The total amount of money available in a checking account at any given moment.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from the sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Standard Deviation

A statistical metric that captures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.