Sampling
What is the purpose of sampling?
What are the fundaments of sampling?
How can you avoid bias when selecting samples for human services research?
Data Collection
Describe the scales of measurement used in research.
What are the types of reliability? Provide examples of the types of reliability as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.
What are the types of validity? Provide examples of these types of validity as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.
Why is it important to ensure that data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of the following:
Telephone surveys
Online surveys
Focus groups
Surveys via websites
Which of the above examples of survey research you would like to use if you were collecting data, and why?