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Target population Ans✓✓✓ is the entire set of subjects who are of
interest to the researcher.
Sample Ans✓✓✓ is a subset of the target population that the researcher
will actually study
Data collected from a sample is not as accurate as if collected from the
entire population
easily accessible to participate in a study? Ans✓✓✓ Convenience
sampling
mathematical process to determine an adequate sample size in
quantitative research? Ans✓✓✓ Power analysis
Sampling error Ans✓✓✓ statistical measurement
called "chance" or standard error
used to determine if the study results reflect real effects or occur by
chance.
Informants Ans✓✓✓ The sampling plan helps to establish credibility.
, The goal of qualitative research is Ans✓✓✓ credibility rather than
generalizability.
The main goal of quantitative research is generalizability. Ans✓✓✓
generalizability.
Subjects Ans✓✓✓ The sampling plan aims to maximize generalization
of the study findings.
The most important parts of the sampling strategy include: Ans✓✓✓
Subject Number
Subject Selection
Subject Assignment
The first step of a sampling strategy is to Ans✓✓✓ define the population
of interest.
Subject assignment is impacted by two factors: Ans✓✓✓ Selection bias
sample is not an accurate representation of the population. This problem
may occur for two main reasons:
The researcher influences the selection of subjects.
The researcher influences the assignment of subjects to groups.