Assignment:
Here is an opportunity to apply the concepts of random sampling and basic probability theory to real-world settings.
A random selection of files from a student-athlete counseling center revealed the following reasons college student-athletes seek sport psychology services:
Sport performance issues 25
Coaching issues 15
School issues 5
Others 5
Tasks:
In a minimum of 300-500 words, post your responses to the Discussion Area addressing the following:
- What does it mean to say the files were randomly selected?
- How would the researcher randomly select files? In other words, what is the process of selection?
- What is the probability that if we pulled another student-athlete file from the counseling center, the new student-athlete would fall in each of the following categories: (a) sport performance issues, (b) coaching issues or school issues, and (c) any category except others?
- What type of convenience sampling is most suitable for this research situation?
- Would the probabilities and results be different if we used convenience sampling? Why or why not?
Give reasons in support of your responses. Your discussion posts and all written assignments should reflect graduate-level writing skills and appropriate use of APA style, including in-text citations and references.
Support your rationale and analysis by using at least two resources from professional literature in your response. Professional literature maycome from relevant textbooks; peer-reviewed journal articles; and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu or .gov).