Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2022 (04.03.2023) Shift-I
Given below are two statements. Statement I: Snowball sampling is a type of random sampling. Statement II: Snowball sampling is helpful when participants belong to hard-to-reach groups. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: Snowball sampling is a type of random sampling.
- Statement II: Snowball sampling is helpful when participants belong to hard-to-reach groups.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct — Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct, so the answer is Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
Explanation
★Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct, so the answer is Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
★In random sampling every member has a known chance of selection.
★Snowball sampling instead recruits new participants through existing ones.
★So it is a non-probability method, not random sampling, making statement I incorrect.
★It is useful when participants are hard to find or reach.
★One participant leads the researcher to others in the same hidden group.
★So statement II is correct, making the answer that statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct.
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