Question

Steven is exploring the impact of neglect on academic achievement for grade school children. He will be using a nonprobability sampling procedure, due in-part to the sensitive nature of the research topic. He begins the sampling process by selecting research participants who are the easiest to find. What type of sampling procedure is he using?

a. Convenience sampling
b. Criterion sampling
c. Snowball sampling
d. Quota sampling

Answer 1

A. convenience sampling

Explanation:

The sampling procedure used by Steven is convenience sampling.

Convenience sampling is a sampling method, where samples are drawn from the closest samples available.

For example: A teacher surveying for something chooses samples from her own class. The students of her own class are the closest available samples.