Sampling Methods
Psychology ⇒ Research Methods in Psychology
Sampling Methods starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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A researcher divides a population into males and females, then randomly selects equal numbers from each group. What sampling method is this?
A researcher selects every 10th name from a list of 1,000 students. What sampling method is being used?
A researcher uses a list of all patients in a hospital and selects every 5th patient for a survey. What is the sampling interval?
A researcher wants to ensure that her sample includes equal numbers of participants from different age groups. Which sampling method should she use?
A psychologist wants to study stress levels among university students. She asks her friends who are students to participate. What type of sampling is this? (1) Random sampling (2) Convenience sampling (3) Systematic sampling (4) Cluster sampling
A researcher divides a population into males and females, then randomly selects equal numbers from each group. What sampling method is this?
A researcher selects every 10th name from a list of 1,000 students. What sampling method is being used?
A researcher uses a list of all patients in a hospital and selects every 5th patient for a survey. What is the sampling interval?
A psychologist wants to study stress levels among university students. She asks her friends who are students to participate. What type of sampling is this? (1) Random sampling (2) Convenience sampling (3) Systematic sampling (4) Cluster sampling
A researcher wants to study the opinions of teachers in a country. She randomly selects 10 schools and surveys all teachers in those schools. What sampling method is this? (1) Stratified sampling (2) Cluster sampling (3) Systematic sampling (4) Purposive sampling
A study on workplace stress uses a list of all employees and selects participants by drawing names from a hat. What sampling method is this? (1) Systematic sampling (2) Simple random sampling (3) Purposive sampling (4) Snowball sampling
Which of the following best describes the main goal of sampling in psychological research? (1) To save time and resources (2) To ensure the sample is as large as possible (3) To obtain a representative subset of the population (4) To avoid using statistics
Fill in the blank: A ________ sample is one in which every member of the population has a known and equal chance of being selected.
Fill in the blank: In ________ sampling, every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.
Fill in the blank: In ________ sampling, participants are chosen because they are easy to access.
Fill in the blank: In ________ sampling, participants are selected based on the researcher's judgment about who will be most useful or representative.
True or False: In cluster sampling, the entire population is divided into clusters, and a random sample of clusters is selected.
True or False: In quota sampling, participants are selected randomly within each subgroup.
True or False: In stratified sampling, the population is divided into subgroups based on shared characteristics before sampling.
True or False: Non-probability sampling methods are always less valid than probability sampling methods.
