Sampling+Plan

Here's where you can suggest how our class can conduct a good sample. I'll add we need to do this face-to-face as we can't get access to any student information such as phone #s, emails, FB accounts, whatever. All data has to be anonymous.

-We could give each of the surveyors a specific location on campus with high activity of students to gather data. By doing this we would be able to eliminate any bias levels because we hopefully would be able to get a random sample that will help give us the most accurate answer to our question! Also i think that collecting the data on a computer rather than handouts is a very smart way because you have the answers right there and do not need to worry about losing it at all ( unless your hard drive crashes :.

- In an effort to receive a representative sample of the full-time undergrads at WMU I think performing our surveys in the library, computer labs, the cafeteria, Bernhard Center, or at the flag pole will get us the most accurate data we are after. There is a lot of traffic and a wide variety of students in those areas.

-I think providing our surveys to the students that are at the densest part of campus will be crucial. This is because with the high levels of traffic flow, the students will have a mix of varying degree types which is a form of being non-biased in efforts to find the raw data and also from keeping the data away from becoming askew. I belief the densest areas on campus are best illustrated in the above locations. This form of surveying will allow a good representative data which is the ideal way to go as it is unbiased and precise to lead it away from biased surveying type and is also a low time consuming tactic.

-I believe it is critical to remember those undergraduate students with full-time day jobs in our study. While we may target highly populated areas, we need to consider the time of day we survey. It might be appropriate to assign times of the day that each 265 student will collect data, keeping in mind hours that will include evening class students.