Sampling

Question 1

What is the definition of research in Psychology?

Answer 1

Research is defined as the creation of new knowledge and/or already existing knowledge to generate new concepts

Question 2

What is population

Answer 2

A population is a group of subjects that you are investigating that have almost identical relationships/similarities between each other.

Question 3

Give an example of a target population in an investigation.

Answer 3

Children with glasses under the age of 13

Question 4

What are the 7 different ways that a target population sample can be collected?

Answer 4

1) Opportunity sampling
2) Random sampling
3) Stratified sampling
4) Snowball sampling
5) Seld selected sampling
6) Time sampling
7) Event sampling