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Show - 25 - Limitations upon time, personnel, possibility of in the studying every home Therefore, area. random a was chosen for study. fairly equal distribution of the houses throughout the area, sample of twenty-six a and finances precluded any limits were set on homes the number of houses portion to its Leng th number of an on actual residence below the number portion houses to each street's were In the found in the 1962 which two spouses and a was The Polk together. nor used to residences, the side of the used. select of the names If closest street, which was Alternate houses table of random numbers, length. 1963 same were and also in pro occupants of the City Directory. 1963 studies, only lived neither marital status factor in the on originally chosen, chosen, also by the use of was each street which would be studied. not those of actual were each street in pro on A table of random numbers , the numbers of the houses the numbers chosen chosen In order to obtain In the any other those homes were chosen in present stdy, however, personal characteristic was a population selection. Because of geographical and ecological differences among the six areas examined, there were some differences in methods among the six researchers. slight, with the methods being essentially the employed same in all These population selection differences, however, and the reasons for their six cases . ere employment |
