Which term describes the list of all employees present on March 25th?

A company wants to gauge the thoughts of their employees towards a new company product. On the 25th of March the interviewer makes a list of all employees who were at work on that day and then chooses a subset of those employees to interview.

Which term describes the list of all employees present on March 25th?
A . Population of interest
B . Survey sample
C . Sampling frame
D . Sample weights

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Answer: C

Explanation:

The sampling frame is the term that describes the list of all employees present on March 25th, because it is a technique that defines the set of elements from which a sample is drawn. The sampling frame should ideally match the population of interest, which is the group of elements that the researcher wants to study or make inferences about. In this case, the population of interest is the employees of the company, and the sampling frame is the subset of employees who were at work on a specific day. The survey sample is the technique that selects a portion of the sampling frame to participate in the survey. The sample weights are the technique that assigns different values or importance to each element in the sample, based on their representation in the population.

Reference:

• Business Analysis Certification in Data Analytics, CBDA | IIBA®, CBDA Competencies, Domain 2: Source Data

• Understanding the Guide to Business Data Analytics, page 14

• CERTIFICATION IN BUSINESS DATA ANALYTICS HANDBOOK – IIBA®, page 8, CBDA Exam Sample Questions and Self-Assessment, Question 14