Telegram group: T.me/BBCNOUN [NSC411] The author chose the respondents of his cohabitation study by interviewing a few available cohabiting couples and by obtaining names of new couples from the previous respondents. This procedure is called Convenience sampling [NSC411] Pilot studies are done for all the following reasons EXCEPT: Generalize findings to a population [NSC411] The method of data collection that involves watching and noting of behaviours or activities of the research subjects that are of interest to the researcher is called Observation [NSC411] Which of the following types of sampling is considered to be the weakest? Convenience sampling [NSC411] The following statements are true of questionnaire EXCEPT: Questionnaires foster the collection of indepth information. [NSC411] A researcher chose a sample by using a sampling frame and taking the person that corresponded to the nth number in the list. This procedure is called: Systematic sampling [NSC411] The advantages/merits of questionnaire include the following EXCEPT: Guarantees the collection of rich thick data. [NSC411] Which of the following statements is true about stratified random sampling? allows the researcher to use a smaller sample size [NSC411] Which of the following is an advantage of observational methods of data collection? Directly captures a record of events and behaviours [NSC411] In a study of attitudes to university policies, a researcher chose initially 150 first-year students, 130 second-year students and 100 third-year students (N1=380). Then, the researcher chose 25 male and 25 female students from each year group who were finally interviewed (N2=150). The sampling procedure used in this study was Multi-stage sampling