Quiz: Male and Quantitative Survey Essay

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THE SAMPLING QUIZ
Please read each of the following research scenarios carefully, and try and decide what type of sampling techniques would be appropriate. You can do this in discussion with the person or persons next to you in the classroom. Then write in what you think it should be in the space provided. Good luck!

1. An easy one to start with – three focus groups with dog owners (any dog owners) in Leicester at the Posthouse Hotel....................................................................................
2. A set of four focus groups with dog owners at the Posthouse Hotel, Leicester, split into two male and two female focus groups, and two ‘older’ and two’ younger’ groups of both.................................................................................................................
3. A multi-interviewer administered quantitative survey – 500 shoppers in Leicester, split by age, gender and product usage, over several days............................................
4. An email self-completion quantitative survey on male and female students in China................................................................................................................................
5. A quantitative postal survey of (target sample size) 500 family doctors in the UK on obesity, with 1500 questionnaires sent out – no particular selection criteria except in a number of different towns – and expecting a success rate of about 30%..................................................................................................................................
6. A self-completion quantitative survey on 125 students in Leicester, handed out and then collected again by the researcher...........................................................................
7. A face-to-face quantitative survey of (target sample size) 5000 family doctors in the UK, selected by researchers from an official database; the first name to be drawn ‘out of the hat’, and then every tenth name on the list after that..................................
8. A series of qualitative, one-on-one, in-depth interviews with one-legged tennis players over the age of 80 years; respondents are to be selected by a rolling process of referrals and further recommendations.........................................................................
9. You