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PRAYER
ENERGIZER
TOPIC
CHAPTER 9
SAMPLING
TECHNIQUES/STRATEG
IES IN QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH METHOD
EVERRESEARCH ACTIVITY IS SCIENTIFIC PROCESS; HENCE STRICT OR CARRIED OUT
IN ORDER TO AVIOD BIAS.THE DICTIONARY DEFINES BLAS AS INFLUENCE THAT
CAN CAUSE A DISTORTION IN RESEARCH FINDINGS DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT IN
THE INVESTIGATION. THE SELECTION OF A SAMPLE IS GUIDED BY SYSTEMATIC
PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES, WHICH CORNER OF THIS CHAPTER.
THE CONCEPTS OF SAMPLING
ACCORDING TO KUMAR (2011), SAMPING IS THE PROCESS OF
SELECTING A FEW (SAMPLE ) FROM A BIGGER GROUP (THE
POLULATION) TO BECOME A BASIS FOR ESTIMATING OR PREDICTING
THE PREVELANCE OF AN UNKWON [PLACE OF INFORMATION,
SITUATION OR OUTCOME, REGARDING THE BIGGER GROUP.
TWO FACTORS THAT AFFECT MAY INFLUENCE THE DEGREE OF CERTAINTY ABOUT
THE INFLUECE THAT ARE DRAWN FROM A SAMPLE:
1. FINDINGS BASED UPON LARGER SAPLE HAVE MORE CERTAINTY THAN THOSE
BASED ON SMALLER ONES. AS A RULE, ”THE LARGER THE SAMPLE SIZE THE
MORE ACCURATE THE FINDINGS .“
2. THE GREATER THE VARIATION IN THE STUDY POPULATION WITH RESPECT TO
THE CHARACTERISTICS UNDER STUDY FOR A GIVEN SAMPLE SIZE, THE
GREATER THE UNCERTAINTY.
A. PROBABILITY BSAMPLING
B. NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING
4. CLUSTER SAMPLING
2. PURPOSE SAMPLING
3 QOUTA SAMPLING
1. AVAILABILTY SAMPLING