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From each description, identify or infer the target population, the sampling frame, the unit of analysis, and the type of sample. Discuss whether the sampling strategy will allow the researcher to form inferences about the target population based on the sample.
Problem: To study factors related to a diagnosis of depression in elderly individuals. Sample: A random selection of 150 of the 300 residents diagnosed with depression in one year while in a particular geriatric facility, and 340 randomly selected from the 850 residents in the same facility who were not diagnosed with depression during that year.
b. Problem: To obtain information on routes and types of transportation used by people traveling with the city. Sample: Council of Governments has computerized dataset of 110,000 trips made in one year; 10 percent of the trips are randomly selected for intensive analysis.
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From each description, identify or infer the target population, the sampling frame, the unit of analysis, and the type of sample. Discuss whether the sampling strategy will allow the researcher to form inferences about the target population based on the sample.
a. Problem:
To study factors related to a diagnosis of depression in elderly individuals. Sample: A random selection of 150 of the 300 residents diagnosed with depression in one year while in a particular geriatric facility, and 340 randomly selected from the 850 residents in the same facility who were not diagnosed with depression during that year.
b. Problem:
To obtain information on routes and types of transportation used by people traveling with the city. Sample: Council of Governments has computerized dataset of 110,000 trips made in one year; 10 percent of the trips are randomly selected for intensive analysis.