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Sampling Methods: Techniques, Types, Examples
Sampling Methods: Techniques, Types, Examples
Sampling is a statistical procedure of drawing a small number of elements from a
population and drawing conclusions regarding the population.

Understanding Sampling and Sampling Methods in Research

What is Sampling?
What is Population in Research Sampling?
What is Census?
What is Non-probability sampling?
What is a Survey?
What is Sample Survey?
What is Target Population?
What is Finite Population?
What is Infinite Population?
What is Sampling Unit?
What is Sample Size?
How Sampling and Sample Design Related
How Sampling and Survey Design Related
Importance of Sampling
Types of Sampling
Probability Sampling
Non-Probability Sampling
Sampling With and Without Replacement
What is Sampling?
Sampling is the process of selecting a subset of people or social phenomena to be
studied from the larger universe.

The main objective of sampling is to draw inferences about the larger group based
on information obtained from the small group.

The main way to achieve this is to select a representative sample. A sound

representative sample should reflect all variables that exist in the population.

The term ‘population’ refers to all those who could be included in the survey. A
variable is any characteristic on which people or groups differ.

A variable is a set of mutually exclusive attributes of a sample unit: sex, age,

employment status, etc. The elements of a given population may be described in
terms of their attributes on a given variable.