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