26th April 2012, 01:25 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:I think I agree....but maybe 'tailored' isn't the word you want to use' as this suggests a pre-determined bias that might confound the purpose of the sample. Perhaps 'sampling strategy should be determined by the research aims of the project, but may be constrained by the available resources'......
i think jack is correct and 'constrained' means the reseach design was inadequate
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers