Sampling

Question 1

A sample

Answer 1

A group of people who take part

Question 2

Target population

Answer 2

A group of people you want to target back to

Question 3

Random sampling

Answer 3

Where every member of the target population has chance of being selected
Eg put into a hat

Question 4

Opportunity sampling

Answer 4

The researcher decides the type of participant needed

Question 5

Volunteer sampling

Answer 5

The researcher advertises for participants

Question 6

Systematic sampling

Answer 6

Taking the nth number of the target population

Question 7

Stratified sampling

Answer 7

Small scale reproduction of the target population

Question 8

Sampling

Answer 8

Refers to the way in which a psychologist gains participants for their study

Question 9

✅❎ of random

Answer 9

✅ no bias
Will be generalisable

❎ could be biased
Not always practical

Question 10

✅❎ systematic

Answer 10

✅ no bias
Will be generalisable

❎ not truly unbiased

Question 11

✅❎ stratified

Answer 11

✅ no bias
Will be generalisable

❎ detailed knowledge of target population
Time consuming

Question 12

✅❎ opportunity

Answer 12

✅ quick

❎ biased
Can’t be generalised

Question 13

✅❎ volunteer

Answer 13

✅ easy
Less chance of sabotaging

❎ biased
Can’t be generalised