Sampling techniques

more accurate our final results will be. Since our main sampling method uses the convenience approach, the majority of our sample will be UFV students. Our working population, the UFV students, represent the multicultural aspect of our target population well. UFV has a variety of students from different cultural backgrounds; therefore, they will have different ingrained values and attitudes towards EF products. However, due to the mean age of students are likely lies on the younger side, this…

“A convenience sample of 259 nurses was obtained from all active-status, registered nurses employed at the study hospital” (Donahue, et al., 2008, p. 3). Some advantages of convenience sample are sample availability, accessibility, requires little time and effort, and cost effectiveness for the researchers, thus, the word convenience. However, sampling method suffers from a major disadvantage that relates to inaccurate representation of the population, which can distort results (Wisegeek,…

26. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: 26.1 Introduction: Biklen (2007) argues that the research methodology is a method or the steps, which the researcher proposes in order to conduct the research. This chapter will focus on research methodology which was 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…

The target population that he authors wanted to study was children in Elementary School. The population from which the sample was taken represented the appropriate people because the authors studied children from fourth through sixth grade (elementary school). The average age of children who participated was 10 years, and 26% of them were from public schools, 26% from a public school, and 7% from a parochial school. The schools indicated that 60% of children were Black, 26% were White, and 14%…

insight of Millennial Generations’ intentions toward green practices and the main factors that influence their hotel buying decisions. Considering that the millennial generation is quickly becoming the major segment of the most traveled population, the dimension of their preferences towards green hotel remains unclear ( Kubickova, 2014). By analyzing the statistics of travelers from all ages over 18 who are willing to pay to stay at green hotels, it should help to yield to answers as to whether…

Population (2.5 points): The population in this study is nursing professionals. Research study design (2.5 points): This study is a nonexperimental design. In a nonexperimental design, the independent variable is not manipulated, it explores relationships between variables, and there is no controlled group. Independent variable (2.5 points): The independent variable in this article is the palliative care knowledge test (PCKT). Dependent variable (2.5 points): The dependent variable is to…

been out of their cult for at least five years. This would give the researcher information about individuals who have been brainwashed (and could still be under the influence of brainwashing) and how this process is still influencing their faith development and individuals who were brainwashed, successfully deprogrammed, and how they are coping with the effects of brainwashing on their faith development. The diversity of cult groups is also important. Not every cult group chosen should be a…

they did not all share a typical feature of a traditional ethnographic approach. For instance, the authors of the study stated that they did not spend a long time accessing patients to build ongoing relations with chronically ill patients that were well-defined the field. Offredy and Vickers reported that one of the main characteristics of using the ethnographic approach is the length of time spent with the participants, as well as the closeness and observations that enable the ethnographic…

being conducted. A sample is a portion of the population to be studied. Sampling is the technique of choosing the portion to be studied. An understanding of the sampling methods is important for effective sample choice. Two categories of sampling exist, probability and non-probability sampling. Non –probability sampling types include sampling methods such as; purposive or judgmental sampling, snowball sampling, quota sampling. In judgmental sampling, the researcher selects units based on…

(2017), research study is a skillfully organized investigation of variables to explain, manipulate and foresee an experimental event. Data compilation is a critical phase of a research design, inadequate data compilation answer the research question produce an invalid and unreliable research design. Data compilation is a challenging task and time consuming that requires proper planning and tolerance on the researcher to make sure data is obtained without bias. Planning for Data Collection…