Question

Suppose a sociologist desires to study the religious habits of 20-year-old males in the United States. He draws a sample from the 20-year-old males living in a large American city to make his study. Describe the sampled and target populations. What problems arise in drawing conclusions from this data? How would you design a better approach to address the researcher’s goal?

Answer 1

sample population = 20-year-old males living in a large American city

target population = 20-year-old males in the United States

What problems arise in drawing conclusions from this data?

He wants to draw the conclusion about the population of whole United States but he is only taking sample of large American city

How would you design a better approach to address the researcher’s goal?

He should take sample from each of the American city to improve his estimates