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Sampling in Nursing Research: Younas Bhatti Post RN BSC Nursing, Post Basic Specialty in Psychiatry, RN, B.A

This document defines key terms related to sampling in nursing research such as population, target population, accessible population, sampling, sample, and generalization. It explains different types of sampling methods including probability sampling and non-probability sampling. It also discusses qualitative and quantitative sampling. The document outlines important concepts like inclusion/exclusion criteria, sampling bias, strata, and ensuring samples are representative of the target population.

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Sampling in Nursing Research: Younas Bhatti Post RN BSC Nursing, Post Basic Specialty in Psychiatry, RN, B.A

This document defines key terms related to sampling in nursing research such as population, target population, accessible population, sampling, sample, and generalization. It explains different types of sampling methods including probability sampling and non-probability sampling. It also discusses qualitative and quantitative sampling. The document outlines important concepts like inclusion/exclusion criteria, sampling bias, strata, and ensuring samples are representative of the target population.

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Sampling in Nursing Research

Younas Bhatti
Post RN BSc Nursing, Post Basic Specialty In
Psychiatry, RN, B.A

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Objectives
By the end of this session the learners will be able to,
 Define the term sampling and population
 Explain the types of Probability sampling
 Elaborate the Non-Probability sampling
 Explain the qualitative sampling in research
 Explain quantitative sampling in research

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Terms
Population:
 A population is the entire aggregation of cases in which a
researcher is interested.
 Populations are not restricted to human subjects. A population
might consist of all the hospital records on file in a particular
hospital.
 The population comprises the entire aggregate of elements in
which the researcher is interested.
Target population:
 It is the entire population in which a researcher is interested.
Accessible population:
 It is composed of cases from the target population that are
accessible to the researcher as study participants.
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Cont…
 Example: the researcher’s target population might be all diabetic
patients in the Bahawalpur, but, in reality, the population that is
accessible might be diabetic patients in a particular clinic/ward.
 Sampling:
 The sampling is the process of selecting a portion of the population
to represent the entire population.
 Sample:
 A sample is a subset of population elements. In nursing research,
the elements (basic units) are usually humans.
 Representative sample:
 Representative sample is one whose main characteristics closely
approximate those of the population.

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Sampling and Eligibility criteria: This includes the list of the characteristics which
are necessary for being the target population.
Example: The researcher may choose the study on the effects of the pre-operative
teaching about the early ambulation on the outcome of length of the hospital stay
for the adults having knee joint replacement surgery.
•Therefore, in this study may include: 1. age of at least 18 years of age and older 2.
able to speak and read English, 3. surgical replacement of one knee joint.
•The researcher will select the sample from the accessible population with these
characteristics

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Cont…
 Inclusive Criteria:
 These are the characteristics that the sample must have to be the part of
target population
 Exclusive criteria:
 The characteristics which can exclude the person or object from the
target population.
 Generalization:
 This is the process that extends the study results from the sample to the
larger population.
 In the quantitative and outcome research the researcher gets the sample
with a purpose to generalize the findings to the accessible population.

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 Sampling bias:
 It is the systematic overrepresentation or underrepresentation of
some segment of the population in terms of a characteristic
relevant to the research question.
 Sampling bias is affected by many things, including the
homogeneity of the population.
 If the elements in a population were all identical on the critical
attribute, any sample would be as good as any other.
 Example: the blood in a person’s veins is relatively homogeneous,
and so a single blood sample chosen haphazardly from a patient is
adequate for clinical purposes.

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Cont…
 Strata:
 Populations consist of subpopulations, or strata. Strata are
mutually exclusive segments of a population based on a specific
characteristic.
 a population consisting of all RNs in the Karachi could be divided
into two strata based on gender.
 Alternatively, we could specify three strata consisting of nurses
younger than 30 years of age, nurses aged 30 to 45 years, and
nurses 46 years or older.
 Strata are often used in sample selection to enhance the sample’s
representativeness

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