A representative sample is an essential element of the:

Related Mcqs:

1. In which type of research a representative sample of people asked to answer questions about their behaviors or opinions?

   A. experiment
   B. the survey
   C. the case study
   D. naturalistic observation

2. A common method for selecting representative samples is to select them.

   A. randomly from the larger population
   B. strictly from volunteers
   C. by threatening or coercing institutionalized populations
   D. from confidential lists of mall order firms

3. Any procedural variable which can cause a subset of the population to be non-representative of the population is a _____________?

   A. sample error
   B. sample bias
   C. population error
   D. population bias
   E. None of these

4. The representative heuristic can lead to both:

   A. the arrangement problem and the framing effect
   B. the framing effect and the gambler’s fallacy
   C. the conjunction fallacy and the gambler’s fallacy
   D. the conjunction fallacy and the overconfidence effect

5. Educational products, as representative of the total effect of learning, differ among_____groups and between members of the same group:

   A. Cultural
   B. Licensed
   C. Successful
   D. Existing

6. If we surveyed a sample of neuroscientists, which part of the brain would they report as most preferable to lose?

   A. A cubic centimeter of glial cells because the damage would be less disabling
   B. A cubic centimeter of subcortex because the damage would be less disabling
   C. A cubic centimeter of spinal cord because the damage would be less disabling
   D. A cubic centimeter of cortex because the damage would be less disabling

7. The precision with which a sample average approximates a population average increases as:

   A. the range of the sample increases
   B. the standard deviation of the sample increases
   C. the man of the sample increases
   D. the standard deviation of the sample decreases

8. The advantages are that is large quantity of data is collected which may form a basis for generalizing from the sample to the:

   A. Sample
   B. Population
   C. Quantity
   D. Research

9. The essential feature of client-centered therapy is ___________?

   A. The giving of reassurance to the client
   B. The facilitating the client to arrive at his own insight about his problem
   C. Its directive character
   D. It’s emphasis upon searching for deep unconscious aspects of the problem

10. The knowledge of individual differences is essential so that:

    A. Everybody should perform duty according to his abilities
    B. Everybody can get harmony with the society
    C. Statistical facts of the state should be know
    D. Both (a) and (b)