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what is a population

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an entire group with specified characteristics

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what is a target group

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the desired population subgroup to be studied

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why are sampling methods used

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a target group is usually too large to study in its entirety

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what is a representative sample

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a subset of the target group with a similar distribution of relevant characteristics to the target group

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what is a random sample

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a sophisticated form of sampling in which all members of the target population have an equal chance of being selected

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what are the advantages of random sampling

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free from researcher bias, more representative than other sampling methods

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what are the disadvantages of random sampling

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time consuming, may still be unrepresentative

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what is systematic sampling

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selecting every nth participant on a list

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what are the advantages of systematic sampling

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avoids researcher bias, fairly representative

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what are the disadvantages of systematic sampling

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time consuming

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what is opportunity sampling

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selecting anyone who is willing and avaliable to take part in an experiment

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what are the advantages of opportunity sampling

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convenient, cost and time effective

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what are the disadvantages of opportunity sampling

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unrepresentative, researcher bias

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what is volunteer sampling

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participants self-selecting to take part in the experiment

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what are the advantages of volunteer sampling

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less time consuming than other methods

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what are the disadvantages of volunteer sampling

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volunteer bias, issues with generalisability

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what is stratified sampling

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identifying different strata in the population and choosing proportional amounts of participants from each strata to take part in the experiment

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what are the advantages of stratified sampling

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avoids researcher bias, representative sample, generalisable

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what are the disadvantages of stratified sampling

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time consuming, strata may not reflect all sub-groups, complete representativeness is not possible

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