Question

what is a definition of a Convenience Sample and what is a real life example for it?

Answer 1

Convenience sampling technique is a non probability sampling technique in which sampling units are drawn subject to the convenience or close proximity to the researcher or close to hand or easili or conveniently obtained so the samples obtained using this technique are called convenient sampling..

Like one has to collect data from university student regarding elections in university and it is hard to do any kind of probability sampling so we go for convenience sampling by .Selecting student from only those faculty or classes where it is convenient to go n ask questions