Dr. Lawrence is the director of Counseling Services at her university. She is planning to conduct a survey of 100 students at th
e university to see how aware they are of the counseling services offered at the university. She wants the proportion of men and women in her sample to reflect the proportion in the university as a whole (55% women and 45% men). Dr. Lawrence plans to stand in the Student Union and ask people to participate until she has given the survey to 55 women and 45 men. Which type of sampling method is Dr. Lawrence going to use?
Quota sampling: In statistics or research methods, the term "quota sampling" is described as one of the "non-probability sampling" techniques in which the collected sample consists of the same quantity or numbers of individuals or participants as an entire population concerning well-known traits, characteristics or focused phenomenon possesses.
In the question above, the given statement signifies the quota sampling.
