Deliberate sampling is also known as _______.

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UGC NET Library & Information Science Paper 2 - 11 Jul 2022 Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is Purposive Sampling.

Key PointsDeliberate sampling

It is a non-probability sampling procedure.
It is also called purposive sampling or deliberate sampling or judgment sampling.
The researcher selects the sample based on his/her judgment.
The researcher believes that the selected sample elements are representative of the population.

Additional InformationRandom Sampling

It is the basic sampling procedure where each unit in the population gets an equal chance of being included in the sample.
It is chance sampling or probability sampling.

Systematic Sampling

In this case, one selects the units in a fixed interval.
The most practical way of sampling is to select every 15th name on a list, every 10th house on one side of a street, and so on.
In such a design the selection process starts by picking some random point in the list and then every nth element is selected until the desired number is secured.

Quota Sampling

In this procedure, the population is divided into groups based on some characteristics such as gender, age, education, religion, income group, etc.
A quota of units from each group is determined and the actual selection of items for the sample is done through the researcher’s judgment.