This general sampling uses the judgment of the researcher and does not represent the population being sampled.
What is nonprobability sampling?
100
This general type of sampling is generated by random selection to ensure that the sample represents the population being studied.
What is probability sampling?
100
This term refers to a selected segment of a population presumed to represent that group.
What is sample?
100
This sampling frame has an inbuilt problem of sampling out the homeless and the transient because it presupposes everyone has residence and an address.
What is postal address sampling frame?
100
We need this sample size if we want 100% confidence level.
What is the whole population?
200
In this sampling approach, students often serve as samples for instructors due to constraints on time and money.
What is convenience sampling?
200
This is the most common approach to probability sampling.
What is random sampling?
200
This term refers to the study of every member of a population.
What is census?
200
This sampling frame has the problem of not including lower-income households which can’t afford to list their phone numbers and households that don’t have landlines.
What is phone directory sampling frame?
200
We need to work with a sample size that is 3 standard deviations away from the mean if we want this percentage in confidence level.
What is 99%?
300
In this sampling approach, the researcher seeks out specific persons or specific media content to meet the specific needs of the researcher.
What is purposive or judgmental sampling?
300
This sampling approach uses sampling intervals (e.g. every 5th unit) to ensure random selection.
What is systematic sampling?
300
This terms refers to the master list from which a sample is selected.
What is sampling frame?
300
This sampling frame is problematic because it is more likely to include younger, more educated, and higher-income individuals than the population at large.
What is internet sampling frame?
300
If population is homogeneous, then the sample size can be as small as this.
What is one or 1?
400
This sampling approach often have people who are eager to express their opinions and therefore make the study vulnerable to the agenda and interests of volunteers.
What is volunteer sampling?
400
This sampling approach is a probability sampling technique to ensure that categories in population is represented in the sample.
What is stratified random sampling?
400
This term refers to the unit selected for investigation.
What is sampling unit?
400
This is the full list of individuals, groups, or media content from which the sample will be drawn.
What is sampling frame?
400
The less the population is homogenous, the ___/er_ the sample size has to be. (fill in the blank)
What is larger?
500
Quality and size of sample in this sampling approach depends on the willingness and ability of participants to identify other potential participants for the researcher.
What is network or snowball random sampling?
500
This sampling approach is used when the representative population is spatially large and spread out across districts, counties, or provinces.
What is multistage cluster sampling?
500
This refers to the interval a researcher selects (e.g. every 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th...of unit).
What is sampling interval?
500
This sampling is tricky because the contact information of special populations is often not released to the public.
What is special population sampling?
500
We need to work with a sample size that is this standard deviation away from the mean if we want 95% confidence level.