Research Methods - Systematic Sampling

Systematic sampling is when you choose every nth person. This is used in order to achieve a random sample with a variety of different people. This also manages to cover larger areas without having to ask everyone. For example, if you wanted to know the general attitude towards youth crime in a specific town, you could choose every 5th person off a council register of residents, which would help to get a wider opinion without having to ask as many people.