Sampling in qualitative research
Apart from people, what else can purposive sampling be used for?
Documents
Timing of events
Context
All of the above
All of the above
The principles of purposive sampling can be applied to documents in the sense that we will select for our sample those that satisfy certain criteria relevant to our research questions. Because of the practical problems encountered in ethnography, there is a need to sample for observations at different time periods. Equally, observation studies need to be clear about how behaviour may change in different circumstances. Since this is not probability sampling, we are free to pick and choose, as it were, between contextual issues. We just need to stay consistent with our research questions.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 418
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 418
All of the above The principles of purposive sampling can be applied to documents in the sense that we will select for our sample those that satisfy certain criteria relevant to our research questions. Because of the practical problems encountered in ethnography, there is a need to sample for observations at different time periods. Equally, observation studies need to be clear about how behaviour may change in different circumstances. Since this is not probability sampling, we are free to pick and choose, as it were, between contextual issues. We just need to stay consistent with our research questions.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 418
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 418
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B. Convenience and snowball
C. Statistical and non-statistical
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A. 30
B. 31
C. 60
D. It’s hard to say
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A. Deciding on a theory and then testing it repeatedly
B. The point at which a concept is so well developed that no further data collection is necessary
C. The problem of having used too many theories in one’s data analysis
D. A state of frustration caused by having used every possible statistical test without finding any significant results
Which of the following is not a type of purposive sampling?
A. Probability sampling
B. Deviant case sampling
C. Theoretical sampling
D. Snowball sampling
Generic purposive sampling can be characterized as being:
A. Fixed and a priori
B. Fixed and ad-hoc
C. Contingent and post-hoc
D. Contingent and ad infinitum
Why is an ethnographic study unlikely to use a probability sample?
A. Because the aim of understanding is more important than that of generalization
B. Because the researcher cannot control who is willing to talk to them
C. Because it is difficult to identify a sampling frame
D. All of the above
What can be generalized from a purposive sample?
A. That the findings are true for broadly similar cases
B. That the findings are true for the entire population
C. That the opposite is true for people who are the opposite of those in the sample
D. That purposive sampling is better than probability sampling
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