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1. Advantagesof ConvenienceSampling
1. It’srelativelyeasytogetasample.
2. It’sinexpensive,comparedtoothermethods.
3. Participantsare readilyavailable.
Disadvantagesof Convenience Sampling
1. The methodcuts outa large part of the population.Asa result,thisleadstoseveral issues,
including:
2. An inabilitytogeneralize the resultsof the surveytothe populationasawhole.
3. The possibilityof under- orover-representationof the population.
4. Biasedresults,due tothe reasonswhysome people choosetotake part andsome do not.
Non-probabilitysamplesare limitedwithregardtogeneralization.Because theydonottrulyrepresent
a population, we cannot make valid inferences about the larger group from which they are drawn.
Validitycanbe increasedbyapproximatingrandomselectionasmuch as possible,andmakingevery
attempt to avoid introducing bias into sample selection.