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SAMPLING SCLY2
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- 1Why is it often impractical to study all the members of a research group we are interested in?Size, lack of time, lack of money etc
- 2What is a sample?A smaller part of a whole research population that the sociologist decides to study
- 3What is the sampling frame?A list of the members of the research population from which the sample can be chosen
- 4If a sample has the same characteristics, in the same proportions as the wider research population it is said to be what?Representative
- 5Why is representativeness important to positivists?They want to make generalisations and discover general laws of social behaviour
- 6_____ samples are less likely to be representative of larger populationsSmall
- 7Why may interpretivists feel it less important to use a representative sample?They are interested in the meanings held by social actors - less interested in trying to establish laws of social behaviour
- 8What are the 4 types of sampling?Random sampling
Systematic sampling
Stratified sampling
Quota sampling - 9Which sampling method involved selecting every 'n'th person?Systematic
- 10What does this reduce?The chance of a biased sample being randomly selected
- 11Which sampling method involves every member of the sampling frame having an equal chance of being selected?Random sampling
- 12However what are all random samples not large enough to do?Reflect the characteristics of the entire research population
- 13Which sampling method involves the researcher first breaking down the research population by age, class, gender etc?Statified
- 14What happens next in stratified sampling?The sample is then created from the same proportions of each groups of the population
- 15What is quotas sampling?It involves stratifying the sample
Interviewers are given a quota of people which they have to fill with respondents who fit these characteristics
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- A-Level AS AQA SOCIOLOGY (Flashcards) Flashcards on SAMPLING SCLY2, created by ashiana121 on 18/05/2015.
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