Question

Select True or False from each pull-down menu, depending on whether the corresponding statement is true or false.

      True    False      1. A nonsampling error may be caused by the wording of a questionnaire.

True    False      2. The difference between a sample mean and the corresponding population mean is called a sampling error.

    True    False      3. Multiple choice questionnaire design allows the respondent to freely formulate his or her own answer and expand on the subject of the question.

   True    False      4. A marketing research firm divides the population of a state into geographic regions, and randomly selects some of the regions and takes a simple random sample of each selected area. This is a cluster sampling.

Answer 1

1. A nonsampling error may be caused by the wording of a questionnaire.
True

2. The difference between a sample mean and the corresponding population mean is called a sampling error.

True

  3. Multiple choice questionnaire design allows the respondent to freely formulate his or her own answer and expand on the subject of the question.

False

  4. A marketing research firm divides the population of a state into geographic regions, and randomly selects some of the regions and takes a simple random sample of each selected area. This is a cluster sampling.
False