A subset of people, items, or events from a larger population.
What is a sample
100
Sampling friends or coworkers
What is Convenience, haphazard or accidental sampling?
100
Using a telephone survey to study people's family income.
What is an example of a biased sample?
100
Picking a name out of a hat
What is an example of a probability sample?
100
The ideal type of sample
What is a representative sample?
200
An entire group a researcher wants to study as they are relevant to the research question
What is a target population?
200
You've landed on a setback!
Your team has now lost 100 points :(
200
Kathy wants to know how many students in her city use the internet for learning purposes. She used an email poll. Based on the replies to her poll, she found that 83% of those surveyed used the internet.
What is an example of a biased sample?
200
The difference between a probability sample and non probability sample
What is random selection?
200
It's purpose is to accurately describe a population.
What is a sample?
300
A sample that has all the important characteristics of the target population from which it is drawn.
What is a representative sample?
300
Sampling method used to study a limited number of people that have expertise in the area being researched, or when the interest of the research is on a specific field or a small group.
What is Judgmental sampling or purposive sampling?
300
randomly selecting a few ice cream shops in town, and question people coming there about their favorite flavors.
What is an example of an unbiased sample?
300
Is convenience sampling a type of probability or nonprobability sampling?
non-probability
300
Setback!
you lose 100 points :(
400
A sample where some members of the intended population are less likely to be included than others.
What is a biased sample?
400
A non-probability sampling technique where in the assembled sample has the same proportions of individuals as the entire population with respect to known characteristics, traits or focused phenomenon.
What is quota sampling?
400
Asking college students in the cafeteria how much TV they watch in a week.
What is an example of an unbiased sample?
400
Researchers considered this type of sampling more accurate and rigorous.
What is probability
400
A non-probability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances.
What is snowball sampling?
500
A sample that utilizes some form of random selection.
What is probability sampling?
500
A type of purposive sampling that is used to focus on cases that are special or unusual, typically in the sense that the cases highlight notable outcomes, failures or successes.
What is deviant case sampling?
500
Advantage!
You're team has won an extra 300 points!
500
sampling for quantitative research
What is probability sampling?
500
The three characteristic of an unbiased sample
-Each member of population is equally likely to be chosen
-representative Of the population as a whole
-large enough that results can be generalized