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Surveys and sampling
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- 1close ended questionsRespondents choose their answer from a limited range of answers decided in advance by the researcher
- 2Open-ended questionsRespondents are free to give whatever answer they wish,in their own words and without pre-selected choices
- 3Random samplingThis is where every member of the sampling frame has an equal chance of being selected e.g out of a hat
- 4stratified samplingThe researcher first breaks down the population by age,gender,class etc .then samples are created in the same proportions
- 5Quota samplingthe population is stratified for example each interviewer is given a quota of sixty femals who are 16yrs old the interivewer has to fill the quota with people who fit these characteristics.
- 6sampling framesTo select a sample of the research population-the researcher creates a list of all the members of the research population from which the sample can be chosen.
- 7Pilot studyA small scale study(trial run) of your experiment , its aim is to find out any problems
- 8Pilot studyA small scale study(trial run) of your experiment , its aim is to find out any problems
- 9What does a sample have to have to be representative?a same should have the same characteristics,in the same proportions,as the wider research population.It should be a cross-section of the whole group
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- Flashcards on Surveys and sampling, created by ami126 on 14/05/2013.
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- ami126 · May 2013
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