Overview of Systematic Sampling
SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING By: UJJAINI DALAL CHRIST UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE S ystematic sampling is a commonly employed technique if the complete and up-to-date list of the sampling units in available. This consists in selecting only the first unit at random, the rest being automatically selected according to some predetermined pattern involving regular spacing of units. Systematic sampling is a statistical method that researchers use to zero down on the desired population they want to research. Systematic sampling is an extended implementation of probability sampling in which each member of the group is selected at regular periods to form a sample. How Systematic Sampling Works When we are sampling, ensure you represent the population fairly. Systematic sampling is a symmetrical process where the researcher chooses the samples after a specifically defined interval. Sampling like this leaves the researcher no room for bias regarding choosing the sample. Let us suppose that N samp