Sunday, April 1, 2007

Accessibilty of the sample

This post is with reference to post 4..day 2 by Hemangi. http://metca6research.blogspot.com/
The 3 examples of problems that researcher might face in accessing the sample are:
  • Absentism i.e. the selected individuals may remain absent for testing, questioning etc. E.g small children, ill individuals.
  • Pemission to access the selected individuals may be denied by authority. E.g. to prisoners
  • Sample itself may not allow for the access, may be due to lack of time or involvement of some sensitive issue e.g. Executives may not have time for your research, or victims of child abuse may be unwilling to share or disclose anything to anunknown researcher.

1 comment:

Hemangi said...

The nature of the third example that you gave is what i was expecting in all you other examples