sampling

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  • Created on: 22-04-13 09:46
what is taking the sample from people who are available at the time the study is carried out called?
opportunity sample
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what is the sample technique where participants become part of a study because they volunteer when asked or in response to an advert called?
volunteer sample
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what is the sample technique where every member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen?
random sampling
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what is the sample technique that can be used if your population is not easy to contact for example asking your friend to ask their friends?
snowball sampling
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what is it called when the target population is divided into subgroups and a quota is taken from each group using an opportunity sample?
quota sample
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what is a weakness of an opportunity sample?
experimenter bias
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what is a weakness of self selected sampling?
unrepresentative- same personality type volunteer themselves for a piece of research e.g.extroverts.
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what is a strength of random sampling?
representative
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