The Process of Research in Psychology
Third Edition
Learning Objectives
After reading Chapter 6, you will be able to:
- Explain the difference between a population and a sample.
- Explain why we need to sample.
- Understand the difference between probability and convenience samples.
- Identify which types of samples will reduce sampling error more than other types.
- List the situations in which a researcher would need to use a convenience sample.
- Explain the advantage of using the Internet to sample.