Question

Ingrid has begun work on a research project. She has decided to recruit participants from General Psychology classes. However, she plans to make sure that her sample matches the university population in terms of ethnicity (i.e., 53% should be Caucasian, 25% should be African American, and 22% should be Hispanic American). Ingrid is planning to use which nonprobability sampling procedure?

Answer 1

Answer:

Quota sampling

Explanation:

Quota sampling is a form of sampling techniques used in carrying out research studies. It involves, the use of special or specific characteristics to determine the respondents to pick by the researcher. After that, a required sample size is then picked from the population of interest. It is considered to be a non-probability sampling procedure.

Hence, in this case, when Ingrid first of all, used a certain characteristics to pick participants, the characteristics is participants from General Psychology Classes only.

The she will pick from the General Psychology Classes only, a certain proportion that will reflect University population in terms of ethnicity.

Therefore, this technique or sampling procedure is termed as QUOTA SAMPLING.