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  2. Convenience sampling - Wikipedia

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    The results of the convenience sampling cannot be generalized to the target population because of the potential bias of the sampling technique due to the under-representation of subgroups in the sample in comparison to the population of interest. The bias of the sample cannot be measured. Therefore, inferences based on convenience sampling ...

  3. Sampling (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    Accidental sampling (sometimes known as grab, convenience or opportunity sampling) is a type of nonprobability sampling which involves the sample being drawn from that part of the population which is close to hand. That is, a population is selected because it is readily available and convenient.

  4. Sample size determination - Wikipedia

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    The sample size is an important feature of any empirical study in which the goal is to make inferences about a population from a sample. In practice, the sample size used in a study is usually determined based on the cost, time, or convenience of collecting the data, and the need for it to offer sufficient statistical power. In complex studies ...

  5. Nonprobability sampling - Wikipedia

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    Examples of nonprobability sampling include: Convenience sampling, where members of the population are chosen based on their relative ease of access. Such samples are biased because researchers may unconsciously approach some kinds of respondents and avoid others, [5] and respondents who volunteer for a study may differ in important ways from ...

  6. Survey sampling - Wikipedia

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    Quota Samples: The sample is designed to include a designated number of people with certain specified characteristics. For example, 100 coffee drinkers. This type of sampling is common in non-probability market research surveys. Convenience Samples: The sample is composed of whatever persons can be most easily accessed to fill out the survey.

  7. Glossary of probability and statistics - Wikipedia

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    In this example, warmer weather is the confounder. conjugate prior continuous variable convenience sampling correlation. Also correlation coefficient. A numeric measure of the strength of a linear relationship between two random variables (one can use it to quantify, for example, how shoe size and height are correlated in the population).

  8. Sample mean and covariance - Wikipedia

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    The sample mean and sample covariance are not robust statistics, meaning that they are sensitive to outliers. As robustness is often a desired trait, particularly in real-world applications, robust alternatives may prove desirable, notably quantile-based statistics such as the sample median for location, [4] and interquartile range (IQR) for ...

  9. Multistage sampling - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, multistage sampling is the taking of samples in stages using smaller and smaller sampling units at each stage. [1] Multistage sampling can be a complex form of cluster sampling because it is a type of sampling which involves dividing the population into groups (or clusters). Then, one or more clusters are chosen at random and ...