By reading the methods section of a research study, you can identify what type of sampling method was used. For this forum, you will discuss: 1) the sampling methods of your personal paper, and 2) the sampling methods of the following two studies:
- Weiss, M. & Lloyd, J. (2002). Congruence between roles and actions of secondary special educators in co-taught and special education settings. The Journal of Special Education, 36(2), 58-68.
- Baker et al. (2013). An evaluation of an explicit read aloud intervention taught in whole-classroom formats in first grade. The Elementary School Journal, 113(3), 331-358.
In your post, you should do three things: 1) indicate what type of procedural sampling method was used in the Baker study: probability or non-probability, 2) indicate what type of theoretical sampling method best describes what was used in the Weiss & Lloyd study, and 3) indicate the sampling method for your personal paper. Options include:
- Extreme or deviant cases sampling
- Intensity sampling
- Homogeneous sampling
- Maximum-variation sampling
- Critical-case sampling
- Confirming and disconfirming cases
- Politically important cases
- Typical-case sampling
- Theory-based or operational construct sampling
- Criterion sampling
- Stratified purposive sampling
- Purposive random sampling
- Opportunistic sampling
- Snowballing or chain sampling
Your grade for this forum will be determined by whether or not you indicate why you selected the sampling method that you chose. There may be more than one right answer, so you should cite passages in each article that back up your claim. For your personal paper, you should provide specific examples from your paper that correspond to material learned in class. Make sure to attach your personal paper in your response.
- Mertens, D. M. (2019) Research and evaluation in educational psychology: Integrating diversity with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Ch. 8 (pages 243-248).
- Mertens, D. M. (2019) Research and evaluation in educational psychology: Integrating diversity with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Ch. 11 (pages 335-354).