20 - How to sample badly?

What can go wrong when conducting a survey?

Practice

Chapter 12 # 27,36, Read pages 279-284

Vocabulary

Voluntary Response, convenience sampling, under-coverage, non-response bias, response bias, pilot

Study Questions

1. Why is a representative sample important?
2. What are some poor ways to sample? Explain.
3. What are some common biases that can undermine the results of our survey?
4. Is the size of the sample important to the precision of our estimates?
5. Should we report possible biases/problems with our survey in our results? Explain.

Resources

1. Slide Deck: 20-How-to-sample-badly