Select a Sample
Little Quick Fix
1st Edition
Published on 13. January 2020
128 pages
978-1-5297-1542-2 (ISBN)
Description
Whether you are working with existing data or generating your own, sampling is a deceptively complicated and anxiety-inducing process especially when participants are people. Pressured by the usual limitations on time, access, and resources, you can panic at the thought that sampling involves theory and calculations and make snap decisions that usually lead to convenience sampling and ultimately, weak research claims. This Fix takes the panic out of sampling designs and helps you understand what sampling is, how it applies to different types of situations, and how to decide what approach works best for your project so you can maximize the impact of your research. It covers questions like:
? What is sampling?
? What is my population?
? Should I use probability sampling?
? Should I use subjective, non-probability sampling?
? How do I sample from ill-defined, hard-to-reach, and wary populations?
? How can I sample people ethically?
? How can I reduce error and bias in sampling?
? How large should my sample be?
? What is sampling?
? What is my population?
? Should I use probability sampling?
? Should I use subjective, non-probability sampling?
? How do I sample from ill-defined, hard-to-reach, and wary populations?
? How can I sample people ethically?
? How can I reduce error and bias in sampling?
? How large should my sample be?
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd (Digital)
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-5297-1542-2 (9781529715422)
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02/2020
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Content
What is sampling?
What is my population?
Should I use probability sampling?
Should I use subjective, non-probability sampling?
How do I sample from ill-defined, hard-to-reach, and wary populations?
How can I sample people ethically?
How can I reduce error and bias in sampling?
How large should my sample be?
What is my population?
Should I use probability sampling?
Should I use subjective, non-probability sampling?
How do I sample from ill-defined, hard-to-reach, and wary populations?
How can I sample people ethically?
How can I reduce error and bias in sampling?
How large should my sample be?
