RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION
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random
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convenience
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stratified
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situational
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Detailed explanation-1: -This ensures that each stratum is proportionally represented in the sample. Cluster sampling can be used when a population list is not available and researchers simply identify a number of clusters or groups and include all participants in the cluster in the sample.
Detailed explanation-2: -The process of selecting participants for a sample is called sampling. A way of choosing representative samples. Random sampling is a sampling procedure that ensures that every member of the population of research interest has a genuinely equal chance of being selected as a participant for the research study.
Detailed explanation-3: -Correlational research involves measuring two variables and assessing the relationship between them, with no manipulation of an independent variable. Correlational research is not defined by where or how the data are collected.
Detailed explanation-4: -A research subject is an individual that participates in research. Information (or ‘data’) is collected from or about the individual to help answer the question under study. Sometimes research subjects are referred to as human subjects, research participants or study volunteers.