Research methods Flashcards
1
Q
What is systematic sampling?
A
Selecting every nth person from a list of all the people in the target population.
2
Q
What are advantages and disadvantages of systematic sampling?
A
Advantage - avoids researcher bias. Researcher has no say over who is selected.
Disadvantage - may still be biased. Sample may consist of one particular group of people. Decreases representativeness.
3
Q
Correlations
A
Positive - dots go up
Negative - dots go down
Zero - dots are random
