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Identifying Sampling Methods

1. The document describes 10 examples of sampling methods being used in research studies. It asks the reader to identify the specific sampling method in each example. It also provides 3 additional situations and asks how the reader would select samples using certain specified methods or to describe the method if none is specified.

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Identifying Sampling Methods

1. The document describes 10 examples of sampling methods being used in research studies. It asks the reader to identify the specific sampling method in each example. It also provides 3 additional situations and asks how the reader would select samples using certain specified methods or to describe the method if none is specified.

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In each of the following examples, identify the sampling method being used.

1. A sample of 2,000 was sought to estimate the average achievement in science of fifth graders
in a city’s public schools. The average fifth grade enrollment in the city’s elementary schools
is 100 students. Thus, 20 schools were randomly selected and within each of those schools all
fifth graders were tested.

2. A researcher is interested in maximum-security inmates. She groups inmates by the type of


crime committed, determines the percentage of the total in each crime category, and uses that
percentage to determine the number of inmates randomly selected from each group.

3. A researcher has a population of 100 third grade children from a local school district from
which a sample of 25 children is to be selected. Each child’s name is put on a list, and each
child is assigned a number from 1 to 100. Then the numbers 1 to 100 are written on separate
pieces of paper and shuffled. Finally, the researcher picks 25 slips of paper and the numbers
on the paper determine the 25 participants.

4. A sociologist conducts an opinion survey in a major city. Part of the research plan calls for
describing and comparing the opinions of four different ethnic groups: African Americans,
Asian Americans, European Americans, and Native Americans. For a total sample of 300,
the researcher selects 75 participants from each of the four predetermined subgroups.

5. A researcher is interested in political attitudes of individuals within a particular state. The


researcher uses the following procedure to obtain a sample: (a) a random sample of counties
is drawn, (b) within the counties selected, districts are randomly drawn, (c) within each
district, blocks are randomly sampled, (d) within blocks selected, building are randomly
drawn, and (d) all residents within the buildings selected comprise the sample.

6. Instructors teaching research methods are interested in knowing what study techniques their
students are utilizing. Rather than assessing all students, the researchers randomly select 10
students from each of the sections to comprise their sample.

7. A researcher is interested in maximum-security inmates. She groups maximum-security


prisons by state, randomly selects 10 states, and, from those 10, selects three prisons. She
includes all the inmates in those three prisons in her sample.

Describe how you would select people to take your survey in the following situations with the
listed method (when provided):
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8. Say you wanted to survey professors at SIAA about their publication records. You want to
be sure to include professors from each department, even the very small ones.

9. You want to select a sample of SIAA students using simple random sampling, how would
you do this?

10. Say you wanted to know the academic performance of freshmen students of SIAA during the
first semester of academic year 2021-2022, how would you do this?

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