Field Studies

Question 1

Study population

Answer 1

The types of people from whom data are gathered.

Question 2

Sampling

Answer 2

Choosing the participants to be included in the data athering.

Question 3

Saturation sampling

Answer 3

Where all members of the target population are accessible.

Question 4

Probability sampling

Answer 4

A type of sampling involving simple random sampling and stratified sampling

Question 5

Nonprobability sampling

Answer 5

A type of sampling involving convenience sampling and volunteer panels.

Question 6

Random sampling

Answer 6

Can be achieved by using a random number generator or choosing every nth person in a list.

Question 7

Stratified sampling

Answer 7

Relies on being able to divide the population into groups and then applying random sampling.

Question 8

Convenience sampling

Answer 8

A situation where the sample includes those who were available rather than those specifically selected.

Question 9

Snowball sampling

Answer 9

A current participant finds another participant and that participant finds another, and so on.

Question 10

Triangulation

Answer 10

The investigation of a phenomenon from (at least)

two different perspectives.

Question 11

Triangulation of data

Answer 11

Data is drawn fron different sources at different times, in different places or from different people.

Question 12

Investigator triangulation

Answer 12

Different researchers have been involved in collecting and interpreting the data.

Question 13

Triangulation of theories

Answer 13

The use of different theoretical frameworks through which to view the data or findings.

Question 14

Methodological triangulation

Answer 14

Employs different data gathering techniques.