Week # 11: Selecting a Sample

The differences between sampling in quantitative and qualitative research, Sampling in quantitative research, The concept of sampling, Sampling terminology, Principles of sampling, Factors affecting the inferences drawn from a sample, Aims in selecting a sample, Types of sampling, Non-random/non-probability sampling designs in quantitative research, Systematic sampling design: a ‘mixed’ design, The calculation of sample size, Sampling in qualitative research, The concept of saturation point in qualitative research.