SAMPLING
SAMPLING
SAMPLING
In research, it refers to your method or process of
selecting respondents or people to answer questions
meant to yield data for a research study.
The chosen ones constitute the sample through
which you will derive the facts and evidence to support
the claims or conclusions propounded by your research
problem.
The bigger group from where you choose the
sample is called population.
Sampling frame is the term used to mean the list of
the members of such population from where you will get
the sample.
HISTORY
1920
Literary Digest did a pioneering survey about
the American citizen’s favorite among the 1920
presidential candidates. This was the very first survey
that serve as the impetus for the discovery by
academic researchers of other sampling strategies
that they categorized into two classes: Probability
sampling or unbiased sampling and non probability
sampling (Babbie 2013)
Probability Sampling
PROBABILITY SAMPLING OR
UNBIASED SAMPLING
Probability sampling involves all members listed in
the sampling frame representing a certain
population focused on by your study. An equal
chance of participation in the sampling or selection
process is given to every member listed in the
sampling frame.
PROBABILITY SAMPLING OR
UNBIASED SAMPLING
A sampling error crops if the selection does not take
place in the way it is planned. Such sampling error
is manifested by strong dissimilarity between the
sample and the ones listed in the sampling frame.
How numerous the sampling errors are depends on
the size of the sample. The smaller the sample is, the
bigger the number of sampling errors. Thus, choose
to have a bigger number of respondents to avoid
sampling errors.
The right sample size also depends on weather or
not the group is heterogeneous or homogeneous.
Types of Probability Sampling
1.) Simple random sampling
- is the best types of probability sampling through
which you can choose sample from a population. Using the
pure chance selection you assure every member the same
opportunity to be in the sample. Simple random sampling
happens through any of this two methods(Burns 2012)
a. Have a list of the member of the population ;
write each name on a card and choose card through pure
chance selection.
b. Have a list of all members; give a number to
member then use randomized or unordered numbers in
selecting names in the list.
Types of Probability Sampling
2.) Systematic Sampling