Sampaling

Question 1

population

Answer 1

The entire group of individuals or instances

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

A smaller group of selected from the population which is used to represent the larger group. Research’s study the sample and generalise the finding to the population

Question 3

Random sampling

Answer 3

Every member of the population has an equal chance of of being selected, the researcher must use a method of random selection and enter all the names of those in the population for this.

Question 4

systematic sampling

Answer 4

Selecting an nth member of the population. It’s different from random as it does not give an equal chance of selection to each individual in the target group.

Question 5

Stratified sampling

Answer 5

divide the population into sub groups based on characteristics, the random sample from each sub group proportionally

Question 6

Opportunity sampling

Answer 6

Participants who are both accessible and willing to take part are targeted

Question 7

Volunteer sampling

Answer 7

Individuals who are self selected to be apart of the study

Question 8

Sampling technique

Answer 8

Methods used to select participants from a population to take part in research

Question 9

Bias

Answer 9

When certain groups are over or under represented within the sample selected

Question 10

Generalisability

Answer 10

The extent to which findings and conclusions from an investigations can be broadly applied to the population so, participants need to be representative of the target population