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Sampling Methods in Research Methodology; How to Choose a Sampling Technique for Research

2016; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.3205035

1556-5068

Hamed Taherdoost,

Attention Economy in Education and Business

In order to answer the research questions, it is doubtful that researcher should be able to collect data from all cases. Thus, there is a need to select a sample. This paper presents the steps to go through to conduct sampling. Furthermore, as there are different types of sampling techniques/methods, researcher needs to understand the differences to select the proper sampling method for the research. In the regards, this paper also presents the different types of sampling techniques and methods.