- Sample size should not be so small that it is difficult to achieve data saturation, theoretical saturation, or informational redundancy. - An ethnographic study is unlikely to use a probability sample because it focuses on a specific cultural group rather than being representative. - Generic purposive sampling is when the researcher establishes criteria for the types of cases needed to address the research questions, identifies relevant cases, and then samples from the identified cases. - Researchers can sample more than just people, and can also sample context and time. - All of the listed options are considered purposive sampling approaches.

1. According to Onwuegbuzie and Collins (2007), 'Sample size should be not be so
small to make it hard to achieve' what three objectives?
a) Data saturation, theoretical saturation, or informational redundancy
Why is an ethnographic study unlikely to use a probability sample?
b) All of the above.
What is generic purposive sampling
a) When the researcher establishes criteria concerning the kinds of cases
needed to address the research questions, identifies appropriate cases,
and then samples from those cases that have been identified.
Can more than one sampling approach be used?
yes
in addition to people, what else can we sample as researchers?
Context and time
Which of the following are purposive sampling approaches?
d) All of the above
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS
Select the choice which best completes the statement, or answers the
question, by clicking on the corresponding letter.
1. The step-by-step process bywhich the research project is conducted
and completed is known as:
a. The researchprocess.
b. The process ofdescribing research.
c. The process ofdeveloping research ideas.
d. The process ofgathering data for a research project.
2. The literature review that the researcher writes becomes the:
a. Conceptual framework for the research project.
b. Theoreticalframework forthe researchproject.
c. Methodological framework for the research project.
d. Analytical framework for the research project.

2. 3. Data collection methods are:
a. The means by which literature is sourced for a research project.
b. The means by which data is analysed for a research project.
c. The means by which data is gatheredfor a researchproject.
d. The means by which the researcher develops a theoretical framework.
4. Data is:
a. Literature gathered for a research project.
b. Information or evidence gatheredfor a research project.
c. Always difficult to sourcefor a research project.
d. Always complex when used in a research project.
5. The four frameworks approachto the research project is an approach
whereby:
a. The researcher uses one of four frameworks to help design the research
project.
b. Where the researcher carries out four research projects.
c. The first framework, the conceptualframework, shapes, supports
and directs the other three frameworks.
d. Four methodologies are used in the research project.