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Positivist research strategies/experimental design............................................ 33
 
Surveys ............................................................................................................. 34
 
Phenomenological research strategies ............................................................. 34
Case study ........................................................................................................ 34
Action research ................................................................................................. 35
 
Grounded theory ............................................................................................... 36
 
Ethnography ...................................................................................................... 37
 
Mixed research strategies ................................................................................. 37
 
RESEARCH PURPOSE .................................................................................... 37
 
Causal-comparative research ........................................................................... 37
 
Correlational research ....................................................................................... 37
 
Explanatory research ........................................................................................ 38
 
Descriptive research ......................................................................................... 38
 
Exploratory research ......................................................................................... 38
 
CHAPTER FOUR: SAMPLING ................................................................................ 39
 
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 39
 
THE WHYS OF A SAMPLE POPULATION ....................................................... 40
 
The sampling cycle ........................................................................................... 41
 
Representatives ................................................................................................ 41
 
KINDS OF SAMPLING ...................................................................................... 41