Q (This exercise is based on Chapters 6 and 7 so make sure to read the chapters before starting the exercise!) Directions: Answer the following questions: 1. Suppose a researcher conducted a survey on a college campus by interviewing students that she or he approached while they were having dinner in the campus cafeteria one evening. In your opinion, is this a random sample of all students enrolled in the college? Could the method be improved? How? 2. Briefly explain why geography is often an excellent variable on which to stratify when sampling. 3. According to this chapter, the vast majority of research is based on biased samples. Cite one reason that is given in this chapter for this circumstance. 4. If multiple attempts have been made to contact potential participants, and yet the response rate is low, would you be willing to give the report a reasonably high rating for sampling? Explain. 5. Is it important to know whether participants and nonparticipants are similar on relevant variables? Explain. 6. Does the use of a large sample compensate for a bias in sampling? Explain. 7. The use of purposive samples is a tradition in which type of research? A. Qualitative B. Quantitative 8. Suppose you were evaluating a pilot study on college students’ voting behavior. What are some demographics that you think should be described for such a study? 9. Very briefly describe in your own words the meaning of data saturation. Is this concept more closely affiliated with quantitative or qualitative research? 10. Small samples are more common in which type of research? A. Qualitative B. Quantitative 11. Which of the evaluation questions was regarded as so important that it was posed in both Chapter 6 and Chapter 7?