SOC221 Lecture 8: 4.2 Sampling
30 Jan 2019
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Outline: return to content of a research proposal, introduction to sampling, terminology, nonprobability sampling, conclusion. Content of a research proposal: details for the course"s research proposal. Due at midnight on friday, feb 8th. To be submitted via learn dropbox folder research proposal. 6 pages max; double-spaced; standard font size and margins, excluding references. Include cover page with team members" full names and student ids; only one member submits documents. Ethics tutorial certificate completion needs to submitted together. Pdf or word format: see 2. 1 notes for research project info. Introduction to sampling: sampling design: how cases are to be selected for observation, two main types of sampling design: Probability (random) samples: used frequently in quantitative social science research; representative sample of the general population; results are based on small number of people of a sample. Representative results of the general population if there is a probability of equal sampling across the population (random) probability of equal sampling across the population (random)
