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hbsimmons88

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on: Aug 13, 2018
If a researcher has a population of college students from which a sample has been drawn and concludes that on average there are higher grades achieved by those students who live on campus than those who commute, higher grades is an example of what?
 
  a. a sample element
  b. a population parameter
  c. a sample statistic
  d. an unreliable result

Question 2

Which of the following is not a probability sample characteristic?
 
  a. probability samples are never perfectly representative
  b. probability samples are usually more representative than other sampling techniques
  c. probability sampling lets us estimate the accuracy of the sample
  d. probability sampling is always representative of the population.


asware1

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Reply #1 on: Aug 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d


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