Which of the Following Is NOT a Common Example of Judgmental

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a common example of judgmental sampling?

• A)test markets selected to determine the potential of a new product
• B)purchase engineers selected in industrial marketing research because they are considered to be representative of the company
• C)department stores selected to test new merchandising display
• D)mall intercept interviews conducted without qualifying the respondents
• E)precincts selected in voting behavior research

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, represented by the square root of the variance.

Sampling Distribution

A statistical distribution of all possible sample means or proportions, given a sample size, from a population.

Bootstrap Distribution

A statistical technique for estimating a sampling distribution by repeatedly resampling with replacement from an existing sample data.

Bias

A systematic error in a statistical analysis or study that leads to an incorrect conclusion, often resulting from problematic data collection, analysis, or interpretation.