Elements
Within the context of survey research, an element is the basic unit that represents whatever is being sampled and from which survey data are to be gathered. Thus, the elements used in different surveys will depend on the purpose of the survey and may be adults, children, households, employees, businesses, students, teachers, schools, school districts, uniformed personnel, civilian personnel, police districts, libraries, books within libraries, pages within books, or many other things.
Within a target population, all the members of that population are its elements. Within a sampling frame, all the elements from the target population that can be listed constitute the frame. All the elements that are selected for study from the sampling frame make up what is commonly called "the survey sample." However, all ...
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Reader's Guide
Ethical Issues In Survey Research
Measurement - Interviewer
Measurement - Mode
Measurement - Questionnaire
Measurement - Respondent
Measurement - Miscellaneous
Nonresponse - Item-Level
Nonresponse - Outcome Codes And Rates
Nonresponse - Unit-Level
Operations - General
Operations - In-Person Surveys
Operations - Interviewer-Administered Surveys
Operations - Mall Surveys
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Political And Election Polling
Public Opinion
Sampling, Coverage, And Weighting
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