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