Q1: Why might ESM data be less “biased” than time-diary data?
Q2: What is an example of “administrative data” that contains info for an entire group (i.e., study population)?
Q3: What problems or limitations do you see with convenience sampling?
Q4: You hope to draw a random sample of Seattle residents.
What might be a good sampling frame?
a. What would you pick as your sample size? Why did you choose that number?
b. Follow the prompts to generate a random sample of x-digit numbers, where you end up with a sample of the same size you chose for your answer to 1a. What number is x (as in “x-digit”)?
c. Scan the sample of numbers you end up with at the end of this experiment. From what you see, do the numbers look like what you would expect from a random sample? Why or why not?
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