Communication Research Methods

A sample in which every element in the population has a known statistical likelihood of being selected is called:

• Non-probability

• Quota

• Probability sample

• Convenience sampling

An example of snowball sampling method can be posting an online survey on a Facebook group and ask for members to send it to their acquaintances.

• True

• False

A part of the population is called a ________________.

• biased sample

• random sample

• sample

• convenience sample

Determine which type of sampling method was used.

Connor surveys only the band students that he knows personally.

• systematic sample

• biased sample

• random sample

• convenience sample

Which of the following sampling techniques is likely to create the most representative sample of a population?

• Convenience sampling

• Purposive sampling

• Quota sampling

• Simple random sampling