MTH 231 help Successful Learning/uophelp.com MTH 231 help Successful Learning/uophelp.com | Page 8

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
MTH 231 Week 1 Individual Assignment Populations and
Sampling Paper
For more course tutorials visit
www.uophelp.com
Resources: Ch. 1 of the text, the Internet, and the University Library
Consider how life sciences researchers collect information from samples
to learn about populations.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper about sampling from populations.
Include the following information:
Define population and describe the characteristics of a population.
Define sample and describe the characteristics of a sample.
Compare samples and populations and explain how the concepts are
related. Provide examples to illustrate your arguments.
Explain how to increase the chance that a sample is representative of a
chosen population. Provide an example.
Describe random sampling and its benefits for research.
Cite at least two references.