International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 2

Voluntary sampling design

  • Author:
  • Stanley Murairwa
  • Total Page Count: 16
  • Page Number: 185 to 200

Faculty of Management and Administration, Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe

Online published on 23 July, 2015.

Abstract

This article proposes a novel non-probability sampling design named “voluntary sampling” design. The final survey sample is selected from volunteered and qualified potential respondents in the target population. The intent to conduct a survey is published prior to the implementation of the sampling design. This accords prospective respondents ample time to decide on whether or not to volunteer for selection to participate in the survey. A pilot sampling is conducted to determine the alacrity of the prospective respondents to participate in the survey. The proposed sampling design divides the target population into volunteers and non-volunteers strata. The implementation of the sampling design achieved a hundred percentage response rate and gathered quality and dependable research data in a brief HIV/AIDS survey.

Keywords

Voluntary sampling, sampling technique, non-probability sampling, probability sampling