A complete canvass of a population is called a:
a. sample.
b. census.
c. sampling frame.
d. population.
e. directory.
Question 2
Which of the following conclusions to the sentence is INCORRECT? It is often preferable to sample rather than canvass a population because...
a. complete counts of populations of even moderate size are very costly and time consuming.
b. the information will be obsolete by the time the census is complete.
c. in some cases a census is impossible.
d. a sample has less potential for nonsampling error.
e. statistical procedures cannot be used on population data.
Red-eyed vireos, Vireo olivaceus, counted along census routes of the Breeding Bird Survey
Spina bifida. (A) Spina bifica occulta; the vertebra is not complete, but there is no protrusion of
Sample Problem from Raven’s Progressive Matrices
Population and Settlement
Sample prescriptions of antibiotics for dental infections.
viable surface sampling using contact plates