Participants and Procedures
Acknowledging that drawing a sample from the general population may be impractical, costly, and time consuming the study will seek to obtain a representative subset (sample) of the population to investigate and make generalizations about the link between the categories of citizenship norms and the utilization of ICTs to politically engage. The population of interest consists of U.S. citizens aged twenty to thirty years old. The group was chosen to avoid any age related bias concerning ICT adoption, use, and application for political purposes. Moreover, since prior research denotes a link between age and certain citizenship norms (i.e. traditional, duty based citizenship is predominant in retirees), narrowing the …show more content…
For instance, a convenience sample may be opportune to obtain, as participants may easily be accessible and available (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008). However, it may skew the sample, tainting it through introducing sampling bias. As a result, this strategy may not culminate in a representative sample of the population (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008). Likewise, purposive sampling has the drawback of being based on the subjective judgment of a researcher to obtain a sample (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008). Since it is impossible to assess the value of a case or determine the researchers motivation for judging samples as representative, the selection may be based on wrongful assumptions and preconceptions about potential participants (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008). Similar assertions can be made about quota sampling, which will also lead to an inadequate, unrepresentative sample and controversial …show more content…
While the research study could take advantage of the university participant pool, stratified random sampling using directories and mailing lists is believed to yield a more adequate, representative sample. Although potential participants will be contacted via email, the survey will be hosted on an external, dedicated website, employing the services of a reputable service provider (i.e. Survey Monkey). Survey questions will separately assess citizenship norms, such as characteristics, beliefs, and behaviors associated with the various categories of the variable and inquire into the use and utilization of various ICTs for political participation. Besides, survey questions will be modeled after examples used in prior research to maintain consistency (such as questions contained in the U.S. General Social Survey (GSS), the PEW Research Internet Project, and the U.S. Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy (CID) survey assessing the same
Acknowledging that drawing a sample from the general population may be impractical, costly, and time consuming the study will seek to obtain a representative subset (sample) of the population to investigate and make generalizations about the link between the categories of citizenship norms and the utilization of ICTs to politically engage. The population of interest consists of U.S. citizens aged twenty to thirty years old. The group was chosen to avoid any age related bias concerning ICT adoption, use, and application for political purposes. Moreover, since prior research denotes a link between age and certain citizenship norms (i.e. traditional, duty based citizenship is predominant in retirees), narrowing the …show more content…
For instance, a convenience sample may be opportune to obtain, as participants may easily be accessible and available (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008). However, it may skew the sample, tainting it through introducing sampling bias. As a result, this strategy may not culminate in a representative sample of the population (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008). Likewise, purposive sampling has the drawback of being based on the subjective judgment of a researcher to obtain a sample (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008). Since it is impossible to assess the value of a case or determine the researchers motivation for judging samples as representative, the selection may be based on wrongful assumptions and preconceptions about potential participants (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008). Similar assertions can be made about quota sampling, which will also lead to an inadequate, unrepresentative sample and controversial …show more content…
While the research study could take advantage of the university participant pool, stratified random sampling using directories and mailing lists is believed to yield a more adequate, representative sample. Although potential participants will be contacted via email, the survey will be hosted on an external, dedicated website, employing the services of a reputable service provider (i.e. Survey Monkey). Survey questions will separately assess citizenship norms, such as characteristics, beliefs, and behaviors associated with the various categories of the variable and inquire into the use and utilization of various ICTs for political participation. Besides, survey questions will be modeled after examples used in prior research to maintain consistency (such as questions contained in the U.S. General Social Survey (GSS), the PEW Research Internet Project, and the U.S. Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy (CID) survey assessing the same