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What is the difference between representative sampling and random sampling? When would you choose to use representative sampling over random sampling?
 
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Vincent is an anthropologist who has studied multiple cultures all over the world. He has found members of all the cultures that he has observed engage in sports and play music. Sports and music are examples of __________.
 
  a. cultural tool kits
  b. symbols
  c. cultural universals
  d. nonmaterial culture


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
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Sampling is a technique for choosing participants for a research study. Representative sampling is the selection of samples in which each person in the population is assigned a known and likely chance of being selected. Random sampling is a type of representative sampling in which each person in the population of interest has an equal chance of being chosen so that the random sample mirrors the larger population and reflects its characteristics and dynamics. Random sampling only works, however, when a researcher has a list of the entire population he or she wants to sample. Choosing individuals at random from a list of the total population, although considered scientifically sound, is often difficult, or even impossible, because it is not often possible to acquire a complete list of all individuals in a population. For this reason, social scientists use representative sampling. To properly conduct a representative sample, the social scientist need only gather a significant number of individuals, ensuring that the characteristics of the sample arerepresentative of the greater population.

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