Esteemed edstaters:
If you will forgive the presumption of an M/SD [Math Stats Dummy], what I
am about to suggest may be all wet from the git go, or (more happily) it may
be implicit in some of the more learned reponses to the subject which are
already on record.
However, it seems to me that the phrasing of the question is so lacking in
specificity that no best answer can definitively be chosen from among the
options offered.
What's missing (as I see things) is: 1) what exactly is the target *population*
as well as 2) is it to be sampled (if so, how), or 3) interviewed in its entirety?
Cringing in anticipation of the scorn my presumptuous post may provoke, I
am
Aitchoo aka H(arley) U(pchurch)
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In his Sample Survey type: question (3/12/2002) George wrote:
<<from a past exam, I have the following question:
Which type of sample survey would provide the most reliable data on the
frequency of cinema-going of the population?
only one of 1,2,3,4 is "correct":
1) A house to house survey in the evening
2) A postal survey based on the electoral list
3) Interviewing outside the cinema
4) A household survey based on a population census or register
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I can assume cost of the survey is not an issue right? then 2 is out, as
1 is better than 2 for reliability.
3 is out of the question as it does not cover the general population.
So I think either 1 or 4 must be correct.
But 4 is similar to 1, so what is the difference between a census and a
Register??? and between a Register and a (i.e. electoral) List???
BTW a household survey is also presumably done from house to house, and
not via post ?>>
