It is a technical term in research which means a big group of people from where you choose the sample or the chosen set of people to represent the population.

It is the list of the members of the population to which you want to generalize or apply your findings about the sample.

It is the term referring to every individual in the population.

What are the factors that affects the sample selection?

What are the sampling methods under probability sampling?

What are the sampling methods under non-probability sampling?

TYPES OF PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

Using a pure chance selection, you assure every member the same opportunity to be in the sample.

TYPES OF PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

For this sampling method, chance and systems are the ones to determine who should compose your sample.

TYPES OF PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

The group consisting the sample is chosen in a way that such group is liable to subdivision during the data analysis stage.

TYPES OF PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

This is a sampling that makes you isolate a set of persons instead of individuals members to serve as sample members.

TYPES OF NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

In this case, you tend to choose sample members possessing or indicating the characteristics of the target population.

TYPES OF NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

Since the subject you expect to participate in the sample are the ones volunteering to constitute the sample, there is no need for you to do any selection process.

TYPES OF NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

You choose people whom you are sure that could correspond to the objectives of your study, like selecting those with rich experiences or interest.

TYPES OF NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

The willingness of a person as your subject to interact with you counts a lot in this sampling method.

TYPES OF NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING METHODS:

Free to obtain data from any group, you tend to increase the number of people you want to form the sample of your study.

What formula is used to calculate the sample size?