1) What is meant by the term target population? a) The wider group of people that your study is aimed at b) The people used in your study c) The people you did not study 2) What is meant by the term sample? a) The group of people your study is aimed at b) The people you chose to use in your study c) A way of dividing people into groups 3) Which is an example of an opportunity sampling? a) Where 10 names are selected out of a hat b) Where every 5th name is picked from a register c) Studying the first 10 people to enter a shop 4) Which is not an example of a random sampling? a) Where names a re pulled from a hat b) Where names are selected using a random generator c) Where people volunteer to take part in the study 5) What is the term used to describe when a researcher only picks people that look friendly? a) Researcher judgement b) Unfair sampling c) Researcher bias 6) Which is considered the quickest and simplest sampling method? a) Opportunity b) Random c) Systematic d) Stratified 7) What is meant by the term representative? a) The sample accurately reflects the target population b) The researcher understands the participants c) The researcher has only picked certain individuals 8) Which sampling method is considered most representative? a) Stratified sampling b) Opportunity sampling c) Random sampling d) Systematic sampling 9) Which sampling method is most likely to be influenced by researcher bias? a) Opportunity sampling b) Random sampling c) Systematic sampling d) Stratified sampling 10) Which sampling method may lead to people whose name begins with A or Z not bein g selected? a) Opportunity sampling b) Random sampling c) Systematic sampling d) Stratified sampling 11) Which sampling method is the most complex and time consuming to use? a) Stratified sampling b) Systematic sampling c) Opportunity sampling d) Random sampling 12) Are random samples always representative of the target population? a) Yes b) No 13) Why are samples picked using Stratified sampling usually representative? a) Because they contain people from different sub-groups b) Because they are time consuming c) Because they are always have a large sample 14) What would make random sampling more representative? a) Selecting less people b) Selecting more people 15) Are opportunity samples usually representative of the target population? a) Yes b) No

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