Nonprobability sampling

Public Opinion Surveys Public opinion surveys, or polls, are exactly what they sound like; a survey that asks the public their opinion on a topic. Polls are a form of inductive generalization because they gather information from a number of people and generalize their findings to cover the rest of the population. With that said, polls are used specifically for this purpose, which we can see in the media every day. One of the largest problems with the polls we see every day is that the details…

It was decided to use a non-probability sampling method. Even though this method is less valid, due to not having access to a sampling frame the probability sampling method could not be done and therefore, the only option was a non-probability sampling method. The non-probability method used was quota sampling; this is where the population is divided into subgroups by their characteristics, traits or a focused fact. Following this quota sampling; the questionnaires were handed out to fifteen…

Li, S., & Brown, C. M. (2014). Activating Different Attributional Patterns in Chinese Bicultural Individuals with Language Cues. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 19(4). Li and Brown focused on the how the effects of language would influence attributional patterns in Chinese bicultural individuals, who resided in Western countries. The independent variable is language and it is operationally defined as an effective cue that has commonly been used to initiate corresponding constructs…

As a teacher, I face the challenge of consistently providing students with relevant, instructive feedback to further their motivation and growth. Meaningful feedback such as this is an essential part of a successful classroom (Marzano, 2010). Teachers must also give students the tools to form a positive outlook towards learning with the hope that students will become lifelong learners. Motivation to learn can be a key component in this process of creating lifelong learners and individuals…

Relationship between the classroom learning environment and student goal orientation. There are many patterns that links classroom structure and the differences in the goals of a student. Performance and learning goals is one of the set models. There are students who set performances goals and are focus on striving to complete those goals. Learning goals are set to increase the common core of what they should know. Evaluating the Significance of the Problem The checklist for evaluating the…

used in the study and it will cover the research design, population and sampling techniques. The imperativeness of these research techniques was design to evaluates and analysis the available avenues. The research methodology will contain the following sub-topics such as research design which specifically deals with an evaluative study as the tool that a researcher used during the data collection phase, Population and sampling. This chapter will further include selection of site, description of…

I. Introduction 1. DEFINITION 1.1. Cyberbullying is defined as “an aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using electronic forms of contact repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself” (Smith et al 2008 ) 1.2. Cyberbully is the person who does cyberbullying 1.3. Netiquette means “respecting other user’s views and displaying common courtesy when posting your views to online discussion groups.” (BBC, 2012) 1. INTRODUCTION Advanced…

Non parametric tests It is a hypothesis test which does not need population distribution. For instance there are numerous hypothesis tests which depend upon assumptions that population must be normally distributed along with the parameters. Main advantages of non- parametric tests are that they do not rely on assumptions, so they can be easily used where population is non-normal. One thing to be kept in mind, that these tests may have few assumptions related to the data. They might not be…

Define the problem/research question The purpose of the study was to look at how African-American students experience racial microaggression, and how it impacts them. The study also looks at how African-American students react to the microaggression, and how it affects campus climate. Relevant topic The topic is important. African-American students are faced with a lot of challenges when it comes to completing their education. Several believe that they are not welcomed at some…

40 or higher on the scale is required to required to meet the SED criteria. The sampling method used was non-probability sampling, in which every element has an unknown and usually different chance of selection. Non-probability sampling is not representative of the population, no generalizations can be made, only speculations that what hold true for the sample also does for the population. Non-probability sampling was appropriate for the research question because they were not randomly…