Today, there are about 125 million households in the United States. To help communities and the government understand the direction the country is moving in (and much more), the...
Many types of sampling involve random selection to ensure the sample group is representative of the larger population. Quota sampling turns this notion on its head because it simply...
Systematic sampling is a type of sampling method that involves selecting a smaller group of participants (the sample) from a larger group of participants (the population). However, this method...
Need to survey a large group of people but don’t have the time or money to survey them all? Simple random sampling is a great option, and is one...
Many surveys are concerned with people’s age, gender, income, education level, and other demographic information. These surveys want to know this information because they’re targeting a specific portion of...
Remember the children’s story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” in which a young girl named Goldilocks tries three bowls of porridge and finds one to be too hot, one...