Question

Which situation most commonly leads to convenience, availability, or accident sampling?

1. When the researcher wants to maximize the likelihood that the sample is representative of the population from which it is selected.
2. When the researcher is knowledgeable about the study topic and wants to make sure that the sample includes particular types of members.
3. When the researcher is friendly with a few “informants” in the hypothetical population who can help locate other members best suited for the study, often those who are “atypical” or deviant.
4. When the researcher wants to solicit study participants from a hypothetical population and cannot use random sampling.

Which situation would call for random sampling or probability sampling?

1. When the researcher wants to maximize the likelihood that the sample is representative of the population from which it is selected.
2. When the researcher is knowledgeable about the study topic and wants to make sure that the sample includes particular types of members.
3. When the researcher is friendly with a few “informants” in the hypothetical population who can help locate other members best suited for the study, often those who are “atypical” or deviant.
4. When the researcher wants to solicit study participants from a hypothetical population and cannot use random sampling

A researcher wants to study “burn out,” which is also being referred to as “compassion fatigue,” at social service agencies in Los Angeles to understand turn-over in staffing and varying job performances among social workers employed there. The researcher wants to find out whether and how job status, salary, gender, and race/ethnicity might influence how frequently and seriously this affects employees at all levels of these organizations.

The independent variables are _____________________________________________

The dependent variable is________________________________________________ :

The unit of analysis is____________________________________________________

Answer 1