SITUATION 1

Imagine that you have arrived in Zamboanga specifically in an area called “Magay” to
conduct a case study on working street children. A local social worker introduces you to two
former street working children and you learn that they still have lots of friends still working on
the street. As a way to identify participants for your study, you ask the two former street
working children if they can recommend and invite some of their friends on the street to
participate in the study. You also ask them to spread word of the study in anticipation that their
friends will also help you to identify potential participants.
How would you classify this kind of sampling? Explain your answer.
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SITUATION 2
Grade 11 students of Regional Science High School serve as sampling frame need to be
divided into the following four groups according to their dialect:
1. Chavacano
2. Bisaya
3. Tausug
4. Others
In order to achieve research objectives, 15 representatives from each group and the total
sample size of 60 respondents would be appropriate.

How would you classify this kind of sampling? Explain your answer.
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SITUATION 3
The researcher conducts a study which needed to know what it takes to graduate Summa
Cum Laude in college, the only people or individual who can give the researcher first hand advice
are the individuals who graduated summa cum laude.
How would you classify this kind of sampling? Explain your answer.
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