{"id":271,"date":"2022-06-16T18:17:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=271"},"modified":"2022-06-16T18:24:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:24:15","slug":"sampling-bias-apply-it-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/chapter\/sampling-bias-apply-it-1\/","title":{"raw":"Sampling Bias: Apply It 1","rendered":"Sampling Bias: Apply It 1"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Goals<\/h3>\r\nDeepen your understanding and form connections within these skills:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Identify sampling bias.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Describe a random and representative sample from a population.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn\u00a0<em>What to Know [2B]<\/em>, you saw four methods for sampling data from a population. In this activity be invited to think more deeply about the relationship between a population and a sample.\u00a0 You will determine a population and sample based on a research question, and identify potential issues with sampling bias. You'll also see that selecting a representative sample from a population is important for generalizing conclusions on the population.\r\n<h2>Would You Like a Sample?<\/h2>\r\nA student at a local high school in Florida is interested in doing a research project about student diversity in the three public high schools in her county. She wants to investigate the proportion of public high school students in her county who self-identify as American Indian\/Alaskan native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, White, or Multi-ethnic.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5738\/2022\/01\/12001948\/Picture76-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A group of young people smiling for a picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\r\n\r\nWhat do you think the population of interest is? Turn to a partner to share your answer then discuss together the options available if the student wants to take a representative sample from this population to answer Question 1.\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>question 1<\/h3>\r\nWhat is the population of interest? What should she consider if she wants to take a representative sample from this population?\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"776054\"]Hint[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"776054\"]Consider what you know about identifying a population. What kind of sampling method have you seen that tends to produce a representative sample?[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Guidance<\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"background-color: #e6daf7;\">[Intro: What did you come up with as a good method for her to take a representative sample? In\u00a0<em>What to Know [2B], <\/em>the preview for this activity, four sampling methods were given. Did you chose one of those? In this activity, you'll learn to identify sampling bias and understand how to describe a random and representative sample from a population. Work in pairs to answer Question 2 - 5 to identify sources of bias in the given scenarios.\u00a0]<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Goals<\/h3>\n<p>Deepen your understanding and form connections within these skills:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Identify sampling bias.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Describe a random and representative sample from a population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In\u00a0<em>What to Know [2B]<\/em>, you saw four methods for sampling data from a population. In this activity be invited to think more deeply about the relationship between a population and a sample.\u00a0 You will determine a population and sample based on a research question, and identify potential issues with sampling bias. 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