I am writing a research proposal, using a universities' convenience survey data that they have conducted.
In order to answer my research question, I will need to look at two specific generational cohorts (ages of participants) rather than the whole population (whole list of ages).
The purpose of looking at Millennials and Generation Z as independent variables is to find differences between the generational cohorts dependent variables: attitudes and confidence.
I will also be using mixed methods of quantitive and qualitative design.
I am finding it hard to find a sampling technique if I did not conduct the survey.
Interesting question Kaitlyn Turner . Would be interested to know as well.
What you seem to be asking is how to say something about groups that have not been observed as groups in any sort of helpful way. My first thought is introduce a sampling course at your University. My second thought is no hope here. Sorry, D. Booth
If you are analysing data that have been collected already, you can then split the participants into two groups based on their age and generational affiliation. In that case, the most important factor is how you define Millennials and Gen Z, I'd say.
I am not sure that I understand this question so my response will address a few matters.
If it is that you cannot identify the individuals that belong to the two groups that you have mentioned, you will not be able to compare the groups. Should this be the case, you don't have a sampling problem but one of perhaps defining your groups and having appropriate information in the data set to identify the members.
If I can assume that you have some way of determining the group/cohort to which the respondents in the survey belong. The next issue for me is the need for sampling at all. If I can assume that you have access to all the data collected, why do you need further sampling? It seems that you just need to filter out the members of your two groups and let that be your data set. If this is what you need, then to describe your sampling approach, you will have to explain how the data collectors went about sampling since you are not doing this yourself.
If for some reason, you do need to do sampling. This would be done from the perhaps smaller data set formed by filtering out the two cohorts. How you do this will depend on what you want.
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