"The participants in a

focus-group interview are identified by wearing name tags with their first

names."

1.    

get an in-depth understanding of what has been said

about the topic they want to research.

2.    

to assess other researchers’ contributions to a field

of study

3.    

to identify gaps and formulate the research questions

clearly.

4.    

to gain insight into the topic and identify the key

issues that must be explored.

Which of the following is a limitation of

convenience sampling often used in South African student research?

Sampling bias ...

A.        can be limited by the researcher

B.       limits generalisability of results

C.       means that the sample is not representative

of the population

D.       means that the sample is representative of

the population

What

is the main goal of data analysis in social science research?

In the case of quantitative

research,

"The researcher starts with a phenomenon of interest, by not only

describing the phenomenon, but also examining the nature of the phenomenon, the

way it manifests and other related factors that influence the phenomenon."

This is an example of:

If the number of variables is increased, the sample size must also be

increased

To which one of the following approaches to

research does this description refer?

Histogram