CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR RECRUITING REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES IN RESEARCH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GENERALIZABILITY

Abstract

This paper examines the challenges in recruiting representative samples, theimpact on generalizability, and practical strategies for improving recruitment in diversepopulations. It starts by explaining the concept of representative samples and then explains thegeneralization of findings. The paper further defines recruiting of representative samples as aprocess whereby research employs a subset of the population in order to collect data so as togeneralize the information gotten from the sample to the general population. The paper furtherexplains the consequences of recruiting the samples. Also, it discusses the factors that influencegeneralization, importance of representative samples, it also explains the challenges inrecruiting representative sample in research. Furthermore, the seminar looks at the approachesto mitigate challenges in recruiting representative samples which include; designed-basedapproaches, recruitment-based approaches, data collection approaches, analytical approachesand partnership-based approaches. Finally, the paper gave some recommendations for the bestpractices in recruiting representative samples and generalizability of findings.