This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about sampling methods used in research. The questions cover topics such as equal probability selection methods, simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, determining sample size, and types of random and non-random sampling techniques.
This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about sampling methods used in research. The questions cover topics such as equal probability selection methods, simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, determining sample size, and types of random and non-random sampling techniques.
This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about sampling methods used in research. The questions cover topics such as equal probability selection methods, simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, determining sample size, and types of random and non-random sampling techniques.
This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about sampling methods used in research. The questions cover topics such as equal probability selection methods, simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, determining sample size, and types of random and non-random sampling techniques.
1. When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being selected, this is called: a. A nonrandom sampling method b. A quota sample c. A snowball sample d. An Equal probability selection method
2. Which of the following techniques yields a simple random sample?
a. Choosing volunteers from an introductory psychology class to participate b. Listing the individuals by ethnic group and choosing a proportion from within each ethnic group at random. c. Numbering all the elements of a sampling frame and then using a random number table to pick cases from the table. d. Randomly selecting schools, and then sampling everyone within the school.
3. Which of the following is not true about stratified random sampling?
a. It involves a random selection process from identified subgroups b. Proportions of groups in the sample must always match their population proportions c. Disproportional stratified random sampling is especially helpful for getting large enough subgroup samples when subgroup comparisons are to be done d. Proportional stratified random sampling yields a representative sample
4. Which of the following statements are true?
a. The larger the sample size, the greater the sampling error b. The more categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the larger the sample needed c. The fewer categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the larger the sample needed d. As sample size decreases, so does the size of the confidence interval
5. Which of the following formulae is used to determine how many people to include in the original sampling? a. Desired sample size/Desired sample size + 1 b. Proportion likely to respond/desired sample size c. Proportion likely to respond/population size d. Desired sample size/Proportion likely to respond
6. Which of the following sampling techniques is an equal probability selection method (i.e., EPSEM) in which every individual in the population has an equal chance of being selected? a. Simple random sampling b. Systematic sampling c. Proportional stratified sampling d. Cluster sampling using the PPS technique e. All of the above are EPSEM
7. Which of the following is not a form of nonrandom sampling?
a. Snowball sampling b. Convenience sampling c. Quota sampling d. Purposive sampling e. They are all forms of nonrandom sampling
8. Which of the following will give a more “accurate” representation of the population from which a sample has been taken? a. A large sample based on the convenience sampling technique b. A small sample based on simple random sampling c. A large sample based on simple random sampling d. A small cluster sample
9. Sampling in qualitative research is similar to which type of sampling in quantitative
research? a. Simple random sampling b. Systematic sampling c. Quota sampling d. Purposive sampling
10. Which of the following would generally require the largest sample size? a. Cluster sampling b. Simple random sampling c. Systematic sampling d. Proportional stratified sampling
