Directions For each of the following research article excerp

Directions: For each of the following research article excerpts, (1) decide whether the sampling method presented is either a probability or nonprobability sampling method; (2) identify the specific sampling method used, which might include convenience, quota, purposive, network, or theoretical sampling for nonprobability samples or simple random, stratified random, cluster, or systematic sampling for probability samples; and (3) provide a rationale for the sampling method you selected. Some of the examples might include more than one sampling method to obtain the study sample.

1. Study excerpt: “All registered and enrolled nurses who had patient contact and were employed in the ED [Emergency Department] setting were invited to participate in the study.” Crilly, J., Chaboyer, W., & Creedy, D. (2004). Violence towards emergency department nurses by patients. Accident and Emergency Nursing, 12 (2), 67–73. Excerpt from page 69.

2. Study excerpt: “Participants were recruited from a women\'s shelter with the help of a colleague as contact person, from church support groups within the community by the researcher who made church members aware of the study and the search for participants, and … each participant interviewed suggested the name of a potential new participant.” Wright, V. L. (2003). A phenomenological exploration of spirituality among African American women recovering from substance abuse. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 17 (4), 173–85. Excerpt from page 176.

Solution

1.

probability sampling method

simple random

2.

nonprobability sampling method

network sampling