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