Elementary Statistics (1+1)

3.1.11 Selection of Appropriate Method of sampling

Having discussed  various methods of sampling, the question now arises as to which method should be adopted in a particular situation. It should be noted that each method has its own speciality and none of them no one method can be regarded as the best under all circumstances— A number of factors such as nature of the problem, size of universe, size of sample, availability of finance, time, etc., would affect the choice of a particular method of sampling.