Discussion Post
Develop your own sampling strategy based upon your PICOT question by responding to the questions below. Make sure you support your answers with the literature. Provide both in-text citations and a reference list.
State your PICOT. Define your target population and proposed sample.
• Discuss your sampling approach in terms of its nature, use, advantages, and disadvantages.
• Indicate the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Exclusion criteria must be other than "Participants are excluded if they do not meet inclusion criteria."
• What else could include and exclude participants from your research study?
• Identify the sample size and discuss how the number of participants was determined.
• Discuss potential threats to internal and external validity as a source of sampling bias.
• What is your Cosmic Question (This is a question you ask your peers to respond to based on the chapter discussed in class this week: Sampling Strategy).
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.