SPRING 2022

RESEARCH METHODS (STA630)

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
Due date: August 17, 2022 Total marks: 10

Topic: Non-Probability Sampling

Objective of the Assignment:

To familiarize the students with the Non-Probability Sampling Methods.

Learning Outcome:
The objective of this activity is to make the students able to recommend the appropriate Non-
Probability Sampling from a given scenario and give justification.

Scenario
The recent monsoon has affected the Sindh province particularly Karachi which recorded
the heaviest rainfall measuring 74.3mm. Rain floods have affected the residential and
commercial areas, damaging properties and disrupting the power and telecommunication
system. The intensity of the rain is likely to be increased and continued for the next few
weeks. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) wants to collect data from the
people who got injured by the recent rain floods in the residential areas of Karachi. The
purpose is to list the hardships, financial losses, and dislocation of families.

PMD in this regard has hired the services of a researcher to conduct a study and collect data
from such people. Quick and efficient data is required in this regard. Initially, the researcher
tried to collect the data from unions and hospitals in the affected areas in order to gather
data but, both entities showed non-corporation and reluctance to provide the list of people
because of security and privacy reasons. The list of people is also incomplete thus the
dataset was not reliable.

While keeping issues of difficulty in accessing people due to destroyed infrastructure and
lack of data, the researcher is planning to collect the data from the affected people who are
easily available by directly visiting the hospital wards.

The results of the study will be of utmost importance for the PMD to take immediate
necessary actions for the affected people.

REQUIREMENTS:
Being a student of Research, you are required to answer the following questions:
1. Which Non-Probability Sampling Technique should be adopted by the researcher in the given
scenario? (Marks: 2)
2. Give two justifications in this regard. (Marks:4+4=8)
 IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:

• Students are advised to study the whole text carefully.

• Try not to include any irrelevant material in the solution.
• Try to come up with precise and original answers.
• Any act of plagiarism like copy paste from internet will result in ZERO marks.
• Assignments reaching after the due date would not be considered.
• Make sure to upload the solution file before the due date on VULMS.
• Any submission made via email after the due date will not be accepted.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
• Use the font style “Times New Roman” or “Arial” and font size “12”.
• It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word format.
• Use black font color only.

RULES FOR MARKING:

Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0), if:
• It is submitted after the due date.
• The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt.
• It is in any format other than MS-Word or Open Office; e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, PDF etc.
• It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc.

24 hours extra/ grace period after the due date is usually available to overcome
uploading difficulties. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and
above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any
inconvenience.

Good Luck!