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Activity On Identifying Sampling Methods

The document presents various scenarios for identifying different sampling methods used in research. Each scenario describes a specific situation, such as random sampling, convenience sampling, and stratified sampling, along with an explanation of the chosen method. The document serves as an exercise in understanding and applying sampling techniques in research contexts.

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Activity On Identifying Sampling Methods

The document presents various scenarios for identifying different sampling methods used in research. Each scenario describes a specific situation, such as random sampling, convenience sampling, and stratified sampling, along with an explanation of the chosen method. The document serves as an exercise in understanding and applying sampling techniques in research contexts.

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Activity: Identifying Sampling Methods

Read each scenario and identify the sampling method used. They must also explain why
they selected that particular method.

1. A teacher wants to select 5 students from a class of 30 to participate in a special


research project. She writes each student’s name on a slip of paper, puts the slips into a
box, and draws 5 names at random. What sampling method is used?
2. An online newspaper posts a survey asking readers to share their opinion on climate
change policies. Readers can decide whether or not they want to participate. What
sampling method is used?
3. A researcher wants to survey 100 customers from a shopping mall. He approaches
every 10th customer who enters the mall until he has surveyed 100 people. What
sampling method is used?
4. A university wants to study the academic performance of students from different grade
levels (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors). The researcher randomly selects a
proportional number of students from each grade level to represent the entire
population. What sampling method is used?
5. A student is conducting a survey on study habits. Instead of randomly selecting
participants, she surveys her classmates because they are easy to access. What
sampling method is used?
6. A company wants to study customer satisfaction in its stores across the country. The
researcher randomly selects 5 branches from a list of 50 and surveys all customers
from those 5 branches. What sampling method is used?
7. A researcher is studying the career paths of CEOs in the technology industry. He selects
only CEOs who have founded their own companies, as they are critical to the study.
What sampling method is used?
8. A government agency is conducting a study on housing conditions in a large city. The
city is divided into districts, and the researchers randomly select 4 districts. They then
survey every household in those districts. What sampling method is used?
9. A pharmaceutical company wants to study the effects of a new medication on different
age groups. They divide the population into age categories (20-30, 31-40, 41-50, etc.)
and randomly select participants from each age group. What sampling method is used?
10. A food critic is writing a review on a popular food festival. Instead of interviewing
attendees randomly, the critic talks to people who are near the main entrance as they
leave, since they are easy to approach. What sampling method is used?

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