RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION

CONCEPT OF SAMPLING AND OTHER CONCEPTS RELATED TO SAMPLING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A researcher who is studying the effects of educational attainment on promotion conducted a survey of 50 randomly selected workers from each of these categories:high school graduate, with undergraduate degree, with master’s degree, and with doctoral degree. What technique is most appropriate?
A
Simple Random Sampling
B
Systematic Random Sampling
C
Stratified Random Sampling
D
Cluster Random Sampling
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The group you wish to generalize to is often called the population in your study. This is the group you would like to sample from because this is the group you are interested in generalizing to.

Detailed explanation-2: -Purposive sampling refers to a group of non-probability sampling techniques in which units are selected because they have characteristics that you need in your sample. In other words, units are selected “on purpose” in purposive sampling.

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