Practical Research 1: Discovering More Concepts

To obtain a sample that represents the population under study or shows strong similarities with the population.

Strong dissimilarity between the sample and the ones listed in the sampling frame.

The smaller the sample, the bigger the number of sampling errors.

<p>Expenses for questionnaires and interview trips, interview schedules, time for reading respondents' answers, and whether the group is heterogeneous or homogeneous.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social sciences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1,000 to 1,500.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sampling in research refers to the method or process of selecting people to answer questions meant to yield data for a research study.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Population refers to the larger group from which a sample is chosen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sampling frame is the list of members of a population from which the sample is chosen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The beginning of sampling in research can be traced back to the early political activities of Americans in 1920.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sampling strategies are categorized into probability sampling (unbiased sampling) and non-probability sampling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Probability sampling involves all members listed in the sampling frame representing a certain population.</p> Signup and view all the answers