Matching Pairs College math TermsOnline version Math for the Liberal arts by Dashawn Crawford-Thomas 1 selection bias 2 biased sample (sampling bias) 3 target population 4 quota sampling 5 sampling variability 6 simple random sampling 7 stratified sampling 8 sampling frame 9 poll 10 non-response bias 11 self-selection bias 12 response rate 13 convenience sampling 14 sampling proportion 15 sampling error the population to which the conclusions of the survey apply the percentage of respondents in a poll out of the total sample size a sampling method that uses several layers of strata and substrata and chooses the sample by a process of random selection within each layer the population from which the sample is drawn a sample in which not every member of the population had an equal chance of being included a survey in which the data collection involves asking questions and recording answers. the percentage or proportion of the population represented by the sample the natural variability in the statistic obtained by different samples of the same population, even when the samples are chosen using the same methodology a sampling method that uses quotas as a way to force the sample to be representative of the population a type of bias that results from having low response rates a sampling strategy based on selecting the most convenient individuals to be in the sample a type of bias that results when the sample consists of individuals who volunteer to be in the sample a sampling method where any qroup of individuals in a population has the same chance of being in the sample as any other group of equal size the difference between a parameter and a statistic obtained from a sample a bias that occurs when some members of the population have no chance of being included in the sample