Research Methods—Sampling

1. You are interested in students’ attitudes toward drinking on campus. You are particularly interested in whether seniors’ attitudes are different from freshmen’s. What kind of sampling should you do?

2. You want to poll Cedar Falls residents’ about who they intend to vote for for mayor. What is your best sampling strategy?

3. You want to study the American public’s opinions about the death penalty. What sampling strategy would you choose?

4. You are interested in immigrant children’s reactions to living in Iowa. What is your best sampling strategy?

5. You are interested in the relationship between self-esteem and number of siblings in college populations. What kind of sampling would you do?