The Analysis Factor
Statistical Consulting, Resources, and Statistics Workshops for Researchers
Any sample-based findings used to generalize a population are subject to sampling error. In other words, sample statistics won’t exactly match the population parameters they estimate.
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Author: Trent Buskirk, PhD.
What do you do when you hear the word error? Do you think you made a mistake?
Well in survey statistics, error could imply that things are as they should be. That might be the best news yet–error could mean that things are as they should be.
Let’s break this down a bit more before you think this might be a typo or even worse, an error. [Read more…] about Sampling Error in Surveys