Research Methods DP #2

Question 0

What is a sample?

Answer 0

A smaller group used to represent the population

Question 1

What is the population?

Answer 1

Every individual with that specific characteristic of interest to researchers

Question 2

What is convenience sampling?

Answer 2

An inconvenient way of choosing participants. It is when participants are chosen on the basis of easy access.

Question 3

What is random sampling?

Answer 3

Random sampling is when every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected as a participant

Question 4

What is stratified sampling?

Answer 4

Stratified sampling is when the population is divided into distinct groups (strata) and a separate sample is taken in the same proportion

Question 5

What is random stratified sampling?

Answer 5

Random stratified sampling is when the population is divided into strata and random samples of proportionate size are drawn from within each of the strata.

Question 6

What is the Experimental Group?

Answer 6

The group that is exposed to the IV

Question 7

What is the Control Group?

Answer 7

The group not exposed to the IV in order to provide a comparison to the E group.

Question 8

What is random allocation?

Answer 8

When the participants have an equal chance of being put in the E and C groups.