SEQUENTIAL

AND MULTISTAGE SAMPLING

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Sequential sampling is a
SEQUENTIAL
SAMPLING
non-probability sampling
technique wherein the
researcher picks a single or
a group of subjects in a
given time interval,
conducts his study,
analyzes the results then
picks another group of
subjects if needed and so
on.

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sequential
technique,
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SAMPLING there
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step,TECHNIQUES
a third option. The
researcher can accept the null
hypothesis, accept his alternative
hypothesis, or select another pool of
subjects and conduct the experiment
once again. This entails that the
researcher can obtain limitless number
of subjects before finally making a
decision whether to accept his null or
alternative hypothesis.

ADVANTAGES OF SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING

Advantages of Sequential Sampling

The researcher has a limitless option when it comes to sample size and sampling schedule. Thesample sizecan be relatively small of excessively
large depending on the decision making of the researcher. Sampling schedule is also completely dependent to the researcher since a second group
ofsamplescan only be obtained after conducting the experiment to the initial group of samples.

DISADVANTAGES OF
SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING

This sampling method is hardly representative of the entire

population. Its only hope of approaching representativeness is when
the researcher chose to use a very large sample size significant
enough to represent a big fraction of the entire population.

THISSAMPLING TECHNIQUEGIVES THE RESEARCHER LIMITLESS

CHANCES OF FINE TUNING HIS RESEARCH METHODS AND
GAINING A VITAL INSIGHT INTO THE STUDY THAT HE IS
CURRENTLY PURSUING.

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MULTISTAGE
SAMPLING
Multi-stage
sampling
represents a
more complicated form of cluster
sampling in which larger clusters are
further subdivided into smaller, more
targeted groupings for the purposes
of surveying. Despite its name, multistage sampling can in fact be easier
to implement and can create a more
representative sample of the
population than a single sampling
technique.

complicated form of cluster sampling in

which larger clusters are further subdivided
into smaller, more targeted groupings for
the purposes of surveying. Despite its name,
multi-stage sampling can in fact be easier to
implement and can create a more
representative sample of the population
than a single sampling technique.
Particularly in cases where a general
sampling frame requires preliminary
construction, multi-stage sampling can help
reduce costs of large-scale survey research
and limit the aspects of a population which
needs to be included within the frame for
sampling.

Advantage: Simplification The main purpose of the creation and present-day

use of multi-stage sampling is ti avoid the problems of randomly sampling from a
population that is larger than the researcher's resources can handle. Multi-stage
sampling gives researchers with limited funds and time a method to sample from
such populations. This sampling procedure in essence is a way to reduce the
population by cutting it up into smaller groups, which then can be the subject of
random sampling. As long as the groups have low between-group variance, this
form of sampling is a legitimate way to simplify the population.
Advantage: Flexibility The multi-stage form of sampling is flexible in many
senses. First, it allows researchers to employ random sampling or cluster
sampling after the determination of groups. Second, researchers can employ
multi-stage sampling indefinitely to break down groups and subgroups into
smaller groups until the researcher reaches the desired type or size of groups.
Last, there are no restrictions on how researchers divide the population into
groups/ This allows a large number of possibilities for methods of convenience,
the maximization or minimization of variance or interpretability.

Because of the lack of restrictions on the decision

processes involved in choosing groups, multi-stage
sampling has a level of subjectivity. Thus, there will
always be questions as to whether the chosen
groups were optimal. Researchers must find a way
to justify their choices when presenting the study's
findings.
Disadvantage: Lost Data Due to the fact that
multi-stage sampling cuts out portions of the
population from the study, the study's findings can
never be 100% representative of the population.
Even though the theory of multi-stage sampling is
to focus on the within-group variance and deemphasize the between-group variance (which
should be minimized), there is no way to know if the
demographics cut from the study could have
provided any useful information to the researchers.

EXAMPLE OF MULTI-STAGE
SAMPLING

REFERENCE
SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING:
HTTPS://EXPLORABLE.COM/SEQUENTIAL-SAMPLING
MULTISTAGE SAMPLING:
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NTAGES-MULTISTAGE-SAMPLING.HTML
FILE:///C:/
USERS/PCBUDAY/DOWNLOADS/TWOSTAGE%2 0(1).PDF
HTTP://
BETTEREVALUATION.ORG/EVALUATION-OPTIONS/MULTIS
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