Sampling
Before conducting a survey, you must choose a relevant survey population. And, unless a survey population is very small, it is usually impossible to survey the entire relevant population. Therefore, researchers usually just survey a sample of a population from an actual list of the relevant population, which in turn is called a sampling frame. With a carefully selected sample, researchers can make estimations or generalizations regarding an entire population's opinions, attitudes or beliefs on a particular topic.
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