[Air-L] Sampling facebook pages

Sun Sep 14 12:24:23 PDT 2014

Ha— nope, you didn’t misunderstand-- I misspoke.  I really meant  strategic, not systematic.  

maybe i can pass it off as a caffeine related typo...

annette

On 14 Sep 2014, at 20:40, Ellis Godard <ellis.godard at csun.edu> wrote:

> Was there a typo in "systematic is not part of random sampling"? Perhaps a
> missing word?
> 
> Systematic random sampling is most definitely random, so somehow I must have
> misunderstood what you meant.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Annette
> Markham
> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 2:55 AM
> To: Noha Nagi
> Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Sampling facebook pages
> 
> Hi Noha,
> 
> Not sure what you've already done to establish the most appropriate sampling
> plan, but off the top of my head systematic is not part of random sampling.
> You're probably doing a purposeful sampling. Are you taking a qualitative or
> quantitative orientation to the analysis? That makes a difference in how
> you'll describe (and conduct) the sample.
> 
> As for further reading:  Because these two books are sitting open on my
> desk, I can recommend these basic introductions to sampling concepts and
> terms:
> 
> Sarah Tracy's textbook on qualitative research methods:  covers different
> qualitative sampling strategies (in the chapter on interviewing).
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__eu.wiley.com_WileyCDA_Wi
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> I've shared a screenshot of her summary of types of sampling here, but the
> larger section is much more detailed:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.dropbox.com_s_6jmm7
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> 
> Donald Treadwell's textbook on introducing Communication Research: presents
> positivist and interpretivist notions of sampling.
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sagepub.com_textbook
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> You can see a copy of Treadwell's chapter on sampling here:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.dropbox.com_s_0320v
> m66m0gec2w_Treadwellch8Sampling.pdf-3Fdl-3D0&d=AAIF-g&c=Oo8bPJf7k7r_cPTz1JF7
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> 
> and here's a nice piece that cuts deeper into the ideas and complexity of
> qualitative sampling:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__corcom300-2Ds12-2Dlay.wi
> kispaces.umb.edu_file_view_ARTICLE-5FSampling-5FQualitative.pdf&d=AAIF-g&c=O
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> 
> Best,
> 
> annette
> 
> On 14 Sep 2014, at 11:22, Noha Nagi <noha.a.nagi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Professors and colleagues,
>> 
>> I was wondering if there are different sampling methods for internet 
>> data than the already known sampling methods.
>> 
>> For my research, I was thinking of taking a *systematic random sample* 
>> from facebook posts on a each of four facebook pages. I have no 
>> information about the heterogeneity between the different pages 
>> according to any variable (gender, political affiliation...) so I 
>> thought it is not stratified nor cluster, and it will be more likely a
> systematic sample.
>> 
>> 
>>   Is systematic sampling* logically right*?
>> 
>>   Did any one come across *other sampling techniques for facebook pages*?
>> or internet data in general?
>> 
>>   Can anyone suggest *a book to read about this*?
>> 
>> 
>> I would love to hear any advice from you.
>> 
>> 
>> Yours,
>> *Noha A.Nagi*
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