The Process of Selecting Elements from a Population, Collecting Data

question 40

Multiple Choice

The process of selecting elements from a population, collecting data from them, and using it as representative of all those a researcher is interested in is referred to as

• A) hypothesis generation.
• B) sampling.
• C) information gathering.
• D) statistical inference.
• E) probability extrapolation.

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Definitions:

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Coombs' Model

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