What type of sampling is this `

[alex_boothby]

What type of sampling is this...`

I want to distrubute questionaires to five groups of people with different educational back grounds;
• Group 1; No GCSE’s
• Group 2; Some GCSE’s
• Group 3; Higher education (A-levels, college course, NVQ etc)
• Group 4; University Graduates
• Group 5; Academic Professional

To get people to complete the questionaire from group 1-3 i will send them to local schools in my region and ask teachers to make the appropaite kids fill them in.

Is this 'non-probabilisitic sampling?

As i know who they are going to be filled in by (as i am aiming it at people with particular levels of education levels, BUT; i don't know who exactly will be filling it in. as in I am not choosing thr particular kid.

So its not random as there all people i want to ask, but i don't know who will be asked in advance( I am not picking and choosing the induviduals of that particular level of education_)

hope this makes sense.

Cheers any help appreciated!

Alex

 

[mmwave]

I would classify this type of sampling as purposive or judgmental sampling. This is because you have a specific target population (people with different educational backgrounds) and you are intentionally selecting participants from that population based on certain criteria (group 1-5). It is not random sampling because you are not selecting participants at random, but rather choosing them based on their educational background. However, it is not a non-probabilistic sampling method either, as you have a specific target population and are not selecting participants arbitrarily. It is important to note that purposive or judgmental sampling can still provide valuable insights and information, but it may not be representative of the entire population.