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    Convenience sampling involves selecting easily accessible participants and is the most commonly used but weakest form of sampling, as available subjects may not represent the overall population. Snowball sampling builds on convenience sampling by having initial participants refer others meeting eligibility criteria. Quota sampling specifies the number of participants needed from different population subgroups but does not require advanced skills.

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    Convenience sampling involves selecting easily accessible participants and is the most commonly used but weakest form of sampling, as available subjects may not represent the overall population. Snowball sampling builds on convenience sampling by having initial participants refer others meeting eligibility criteria. Quota sampling specifies the number of participants needed from different population subgroups but does not require advanced skills.

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    Convenience sampling involves selecting easily accessible participants and is the most commonly used but weakest form of sampling, as available subjects may not represent the overall population. Snowball sampling builds on convenience sampling by having initial participants refer others meeting eligibility criteria. Quota sampling specifies the number of participants needed from different population subgroups but does not require advanced skills.

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    Convenience sampling involves selecting easily accessible participants and is the most commonly used but weakest form of sampling, as available subjects may not represent the overall population. Snowball sampling builds on convenience sampling by having initial participants refer others meeting eligibility criteria. Quota sampling specifies the number of participants needed from different population subgroups but does not require advanced skills.

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    CONVENIENCE SAMPLING

    - sometimes called an accidental sample


    - weakest form of sampling
    - most commonly use sampling method in many disciplines
    - it entails the most conveniently available people as study
    participants
    Example:
    A professor who distributes questionnaires to his/her students
    in a class.
    Stopping people at a street corner to conduct an interview.
    *Problem is that available subjects might be atypical of the
    population of interest with regards to critical variables.

    SNOWBALL/NETWORK/CHAIN SAMPLING
    - a variant of convenience sampling
    - often used when the research population are people with
    specific traits who might otherwise be difficult to identify.
    Example:
    Early sampled members are asked to identify and refer other
    people who met the eligibility criteria.

    QUOTA SAMPLING
    - researcher identifies population strata and determine
    how many participants are needed from each stratum
    - does not require sophisticated skills or a lot of effort
    Example:
    A quota of 200 people to answer a certain questionnaire – 120
    are female, 80 are male.

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