Module 6

Question 1

a method of acquiring representatives of a certain population to gain and determine parameters of the whole group

Answer 1

Sampling

Question 2

denotes a huge group of people where you can choose a sample

Answer 2

Population

Question 3

a list of the members of the population to which the researcher wants to generalize or apply his/her findings about the sample

Answer 3

Sampling frame

Question 4

the individuals in the population

Answer 4

Sample unit

Question 5

refers to how small or big the ___ is

Answer 5

Sample size

Question 6

(Category of Sampling Technique)

this technique is prone to bias due to the pre-selection of respondents

Answer 6

Non-probability sampling

Question 7

(Category of Sampling Technique)

bias-free due to the use of randomizations

Answer 7

Probability sampling

Question 8

composed of individuals with varied capabilities and characteristics

Answer 8

Heterogeneity of the population

Question 9

covering a sample within a population would need a lot of time and money

Answer 9

Time and cost

Question 10

the accuracy and exactness of the samples depend on how the researcher effectively used his/her mathematical methods, in this case, statistics

Answer 10

Statistical techniques

Question 11

(Types of non-probability sampling)

choosing samples who are very much willing to participate as respondents

Answer 11

Voluntary sampling

Question 12

(Types of probability sampling)

scheme in which sample members from a larger population are chosen according to a random starting point and a fixed, periodic interval

Answer 12

Systematic sampling

Question 13

(Types of probability sampling)

the selection of respondents is based on pure chance

Answer 13

Simple-random sampling

Question 14

(Types of probability sampling)

this is choosing respondents in clusters, rather that in separate individuals

Answer 14

Cluster sampling

Question 15

(Types of probability sampling)

chooses a sample that later on be subdivided into sub-groups during the stage of data analysis

Answer 15

Stratified sampling

Question 16

(Types of non-probability sampling)

selecting respondents who are deemed by the researcher as samples with good background

Answer 16

Purposive sampling

Question 17

(Types of non-probability sampling)

choosing respondents who are very to find and willing to communicate with the researcher

Answer 17

Availability sampling

Question 18

(Types of non-probability sampling)

selecting specific samples that the researcher knows will correspond to the population

Answer 18

Quota sampling

Question 19

(Types of non-probability sampling)

• also known as chain sampling
• used when the respondents cannot be easily located like homeless individuals or street children

Answer 19

Snowball sampling

Question 20

(Types of survey questions)

these questions may have two possible answers

Answer 20

Dichotomous question

Question 21

(Types of survey questions)

these questions do not have fixed answers or even options

Answer 21

Open-ended questions

Question 22

(Types of survey questions)

• these are questions which are open-ended and task the respondents to evaluate one or several rows or choices
• likert scale

Answer 22

Matrix questions

Question 23

(Types of survey questions)

these questions have multiple answers

Answer 23

Multiple-response questions

Question 24

(Types of survey questions)

these are questions intended for specific respondents only

Answer 24

Contingency questions