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Statistics Essentials For Dummies

by Deborah J. Rumsey
May 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
192 pages
4h 8m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 12

A Checklist for Samples and Surveys

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Defining and getting good samples from the target population

Bullet Crafting and administering good surveys

Bullet Making appropriate conclusions

Surveys are all around you — I guarantee that at some point in your life, you’ll be asked to complete a survey. You’re also likely to be inundated with the results of surveys, and before you consume their information, you need to evaluate whether they were properly designed. In this chapter, I present a checklist you can use to evaluate or plan a survey.

The survey process can be broken down into a series of ten elements that should be checked:

  1. Target population is well defined.
  2. Sample matches the target population.
  3. Sample is randomly selected.
  4. Sample size is large enough.
  5. Nonresponse is minimized.
  6. Type of survey is appropriate.
  7. Questions are well worded.
  8. Survey is properly timed.
  9. Personnel are well trained.
  10. Proper conclusions are made.

This list helps you carry out your own survey or critique someone else’s survey. In the following sections, I address each item and discuss its role in getting a good survey done.

The Target Population Is Well Defined

The target population is the entire ...

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