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For researchers who interested in studying some idea or concept, the demographic characteristic is one of the factors that researchers have to consider carefully. Participants are the main object of every experiment. To make participants feel confident, safe, and agree to do the researchers’ favors, there are certain things that have to be think of, especially the demographic characteristic (example: race, gender, ethnicity, or culture). One of the concepts that the researchers must learn in

My target population will be competitive swimmers, both genders. I will be using a purposive sampling technique and convenience sampling. Purposive sampling will allow my subjects to contain specific characteristics (Baumgartner, & Hensley, 2013). Convenience sampling will allow me to select participants that are accessible and convenient (Baumgartner, & Hensley, 2013). Swimmers will be recruited from competitive swimming clubs, word of mouth, and participate in a survey. Convenience sampling will

Random assignment is defined as randomly assigning each subject, therefore allowing them to each have an equal chance. Smith’s experiment was not an example of random assignment because the students were specifically placed in one of his classes to fit their schedule. He had no say on which student would place in which class as it was predetermined by the school. This experiment could have been random assignment if all his students were there at the same time, and he chose the groups by either picking

Merck Research Proposal STR/581 March 18, 2013 Merck Research Proposal Even though cost for medical care continues to escalate, Merck, the largest health care company in the world still works to improve people’s health and well-being. In November 2009, Merck, and Schering-Plough combined to create a new corporation. Both organizations together provide an even stronger commitment to providing good health and well-being. Through the years, Merck researchers have helped to find new ways to

For this study a large population of a number of colleges were gathered together to record the number of students that applied to medical colleges and then recorded the number of students that were accepted into medical school. After, everyone entered in their data, they separated the students by ethnic backgrounds into males and female categories to see the different percentages of the number of students from each ethnic group that were admitted into med school. The test that I will be doing is

survey unit under the IBBS. In most cases, an individual district was the basic domain (‘Independent domain’), but in cases wherein a particular district did not have enough HRGs to constitute the required sample size, adjoining districts were assembled to form a ‘Composite domain’. The FSW sample size per domain was 400. A total of 4491 FSWs were included from the four study states in the IBBS and were surveyed at 12 randomly selected domains. They were defined as ‘Women, aged 15

A census is an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals. The census is taken every couple years in order to get specific details about our population. It helps to take into account the amount of people a certain town, city, or state may have as well as their race, gender, and age percentage. The census is also used to calculate the amount of people who live below the poverty line, as well as the wealthy. The data collected by the census not only

According to pre-experiment planning, 700 patients would be necessary to provide sufficient statistical power to address the hypothesis. The authors drew study participants from 22 medical centers in Australia and New Zealand. Given the nature of the inclusion criteria, a multicenter approach was needed to recruit such a large number. In the end, they did not recruit a buffer to allow for drop-outs and this cost them their statistical power. This was not appropriately planned. It is unusual to include

Sampling means take one typical part of from the whole population, which is an essential method for corporations to get the result of their new products or policies. When corporations test the sample, they do not actually need the specific data and number. In addition, the total number of comprising the population is usually large, so the corporations usually do not test the whole population for reducing meaningless time and labor cost. Sampling is a good way to trade effectiveness to efficiency

Each member of the population has an equal chance of being included in the samples. • Used only if the population has no differentiated levels, sections, or classes. Done with or without replacement. • It is a fair way to select a sample and reasonable to generalize the results from the sample back to population The disadvantages • Different to obtain • The process relatively easy for small population but relatively difficult and