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Sampling Flashcards

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1
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What is a sample?

A

The people who you survey or question when conduction social research

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What is the whole population?

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Everyone within a society

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What is a target population?

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Specific people you want to research

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What is a sampling frame?

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List of people from whom the sociologist choose their sample from

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When sampling, who do you want to generalise?

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The whole population

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What population can you get access to?

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The study population

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How can you get access to a population?

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The sampling frame

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Who is your study?

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The sample

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What are the different types of sampling?

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Random

Non-random

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What is random sampling?

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Uses probability to draw you a Representative sample

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Who prefers random sampling?

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Positivists because it is reliable

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What is non-random sampling?

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Uses different techniques when there is no sampling frame available

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Who prefers non-random sampling?

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Interpretivists because it is valid

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What are random sampling techniques?

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Simple random sampling
Sistimatic random sampling
Stratified random sample

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What is simple random sampling?

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Selecting a number of people from the sample at random

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What is sistimatic random sampling?

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Pick every nth name from a list

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What is stratified random sampling?

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Dividing population according to the number of people with the social characteristics required
Then choosing a random sample from the sub-groups finding proportions

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What is a freak sample?

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When the sample is not representative

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What are non-random sampling techniques?

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Quota sampling
Snowball sample
Purposive sampling
Volunteer sampling
Opportunity sampling
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What is quota sampling?

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Have a specific list of people you want to ask eg: 3 males
Ask the first people who fit the specific list
(They fit the quota)

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What is snowball sampling?

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Used when researching crime
Useful when access to a group is difficult
Find one person they are interested in and asking them to refer you to others

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What is purposive sampling?

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Used when a specific type of person is required

Sociologist goes and finds people who fit their sample

23
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What is an example of purposive sampling?

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Hodkinson researched goths

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What is volunteer sampling?

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When people self select themselves to be a research participant
No control over what type of people take part

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What is opportunity sampling?

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Using the people who are nearest to hand eg: family and friends

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