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Sampling bias — Eduqas GCSE Sociology Definition

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GCSE Sociology · key term

Sampling bias

Definition

A tendency for the way participants are selected to favour some members of the target population over others.

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Eduqas GCSE Sociology · C200

Component 2

Revise: Sampling Techniques

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Related key terms

Generalisability
Opportunity sampling
Purposive sampling
Quota sampling
Random sampling

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Representativeness

Snowball sampling

Stratified random sampling