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¶ … pros of a representative sample in this case? In this regard, your thread provides some of the advantages?
The study affirms the importance of cultural influences in research and management. A representative sample is particularly important in this study since the ramifications are immense. The authors argue that culture impacts perceptions and outcome of research. The researchers argue that consideration of cultural differences is critical when choosing researchers for and applying techniques in cross-cultural research as well as in the performance appraisal and international management. Implications of this study would have huge effects in an immense amount of fields from that of the social sciences where scholars and government as well as NGOs would choose researchers based on cultural specifications to conduct and evaluate research. Corporations, too, would include ethnicity as one of their criteria when choosing employees who would conduct performance appraisals. Most importantly still, management echelons would be parceled out on ethnicity basis too. This may result in bias and conflict, and may violate affirmative action principles since...
The situation can result in apocryphal and ominous extremes since almost every organization requires research and every organization includes a structure of management of some sort. Using this study, concentration would be displaced from focus on merit and diligence to focus on ethnicity. Ethnic background would become prime criteria for employment and recruitment and many qualified and skilled workers may find themselves unemployed. Implications can extend to other possible outcomes too such as imposing university quotas and to increased racial discrimination (due to alleged ethnic replacement of jobs). For these and more reasons, it is crucial that that researchers conduct their research within the strictest scientific methods one of which is having a representative sample that can attest to the fact that they have conducted balanced an impartial research on a diverse and equilibrated population.
How might a researcher ensure that the sample is representative?
The researchers in this case conducted their study…
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People science & Policy The need for representative samples in quantitative research http://www.peoplescienceandpolicy.com/perspectives/representative_samples.php
Rundblad, G (2006) Recruiting a representative sample. appliedlinguistics.org http://www.appliedlinguistics.org.uk/pdfs/sample.pdf
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