nonprobability
- noun
- /nɒnprəˈbɒbɪlɪti/
- Specialized
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muestra no probabilística
- Babbie describes the snowball sampling technique as "a nonprobability sampling method often employed in field research."
- nonprobability sample
- nonprobability sampling
- nonprobability sampling method
Examples
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While probability samples have the benefit of the TSE framework for evaluation, nonprobability samples cannot fit into a single rubric of quality.
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Due to the small sample size in this study and the use of nonprobability sampling, findings from these focus groups are limited in generalizability.
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We used a nonprobability sampling strategy that relied on available participants.
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Social media platforms can also be used for direct recruitment of nonprobability samples for surveys.
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A nonprobability sampling strategy was used to identify prospective participants from designated middle schools for this study.
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Data for this study come from a large nonprobability sample of undergraduate students conducted at a large university in the Midwestern U.S.
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Respondents were selected using nonprobability quota sampling techniques.
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Nonprobability methods have been used increasingly with the rise of online surveys (Baker et al., 2013).
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The literature includes several examples of research employing nonprobability designs yielding results that are comparable with or even superior to probability surveys.
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The study's conclusions may be influenced by a nonprobability sample that was not randomly selected.
Antonyms
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4.4
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3.6
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3.4
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Surface Forms
Morphology
nonprobability = probability (transparent) = non + probability
Standard negative prefixation of a noun; in research contexts it denotes sampling not based on random selection, which is inferable from the components.
Etymology
Nonprobability comes from non- meaning 'not' and probability meaning 'chance' or 'likelihood', the same root you see in probable. A nonprobability sample is a group of people 'not chosen by chance', so some people had no equal chance to be picked and the results may not represent everyone.