【SSCI语言系列7】Sampling and data collection

Sampling and datacollection时会用到的一些句子。部分小站君做了注释，大部分没有注释。更多内容敬请关注我们即将推出的SSCI系列课程。

 

#1 Participants(in this study) were…

330. members of____

331. selected from____

332. mostly of____ origin/background.

333. selectedbased on ____

334. assigned to acontrol group and a test group.

335. randomlysampled from ____ 注释：重要学术语言方法部分用的多。

336. randomlyselected based on ____

 

#2 The targetpopulation was…

337. composed of____

338. drawn from____

339. recruitedfrom ____

340. restricted topeople (who) ____

341. defined as____

342. categorizedbased on ____

 

#3 The sample forthis study…

343. included ____

344. consisted of____

345. comprised____

346. was takenfrom ____

347. was randomlydrawn from ____

348. was limitedto ____

349. Each samplingunit consisted of ____

350. A sample of[N] ____ was selected for analysis.

351. The subjectsof this study consisted of ____

352. A total of[N] subjects were divided based on ____

353. Among the [N]eligible subjects, ____ participated in the study.

354. Among theeligible subjects, [N] refused to participate.

355. Eligiblesubjects were between the ages of ____ and ____

356. [N] subjectswere randomly assigned to ____

357. The control(N=x) and experimental groups (N=y) were composed of____

358. The mean agewas ____

359. Among thestudy cohort, [N] participants met our eligibility criteria.

360. ____ was thesole criterion for selection. 注释：criteria复数，criterion单

 

#4 The presentstudy employed a [qualitative/quantitative]

361. approach thatinvolved ____

362. approachcombining ____ and ____

363. approach toinvestigate ____

364. researchdesign to investigate ____

365. researchmethodology exploring ____

366. researchmethod to examine ____

367. The researchdesign involved ____

368. This studyused a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis tools.

369. The datacollected were mostly qualitative/quantitative.

370. Data werecollected through the use of ____

371. The totalnumber of respondents was defined by ____注释：wasdefined 对象是The total number of

372. A total of [N]responses were gathered from a sample of ____

373. ____ was/wereascertained by means of ____

374. Data werecollected by means of ____

375. The data forthis study come from ____

376. Additionaldata were gathered through ____

377. Data on ____were not available.

 

#5 For the purposeof this study…

378. ____wasmeasured with ____

379. ____ isdefined as follows: ____

380. ____ wasdefined as ____

381. ____ isdefined as ____ if ____

382. ____ wasclassified as ____

383. ____ and ____are not synonymous.

384. we used adataset provided by ____

385. [N] ____ wereasked to ____

386. we will adopt____

 

#6 The survey wasadministered to [N] participants, …

387. all of whom____

388. most of whom____

389. some of whom____

390. few of whom____

391. half of whom____

392. [N] of whom____

393. [N] % of whom____

394. of whom [N] %____

 

#7 The surveyincluded…

395. a variety ofquestions on ____

396. a set ofquestions designed to ____

397. a number ofopen-ended and multiple-choice questions.

398. questions todetermine ____

399. an inventoryof ____

400. scales tomeasure ____

401. questionstaken from ____

402. [N]questions, split evenly between ____ and ____

403. We conductedin-depth interviews with ____

404. The interviewquestions to elicit ____ were of [N] kinds: ____, ____and ____

405. The mainpurpose of the first type of questions was to ____

 

#8 All interviews…

406. rangedbetween ____ and ____ minutes/hours.

407. took placebetween ____ and ____

408. weredigitally recorded.

409. wereaudio/video taped.

410. weretranscribed verbatim.

411. were codedand fully transcribed.

All interviewswere conducted…

412. between ____and ____

413. in English(and ____)

414. within thepremises of ____

415. face-to-face.

416. bytelephone/via Skype.

 

#9 Participantscompleted a questionnaire…

417. to determine____

418. to elicit____

419. that measured____

420. thatattempted to gain insight into ____

421. designed toprovide data on ____

422. designed toevaluate/assess ____

423. consisting of[N] discrete items.

 

#10 Participantscompleted a questionnaire in which they…

424. indicated(whether) ____

425. were asked to____

426. providedinformation about ____

427. rated ____ interms of ____

428. rated theimportance of ____ on a [N]-point scale.

429. Allparticipants were asked to read and sign a consent form.

430. From the [N]completed questionnaires, [N]% were fully usable.

431. The overallresponse rate was [N]%.

432. Self-reporteddata were gathered on gender, age and ____

433. Theassociation between ____ and ____ was examined using ____, with significanceset at [N].

434. Next, _____analyses were used to determine ____

435. We examinedwhether ____. For this, we conducted two experiments in which ____

436. I reviewedfindings from a number of recent studies that ____

437. ____ wasbased on participants’ accounts of ____

438. Fieldwork wasundertaken over a two-week period. 注释：two-week单数

 

#11 Full-textcopies of ____ were accessed digitally/obtained from [source].

439. potentiallyrelevant studies

440. studies ofpossible relevance

441. potentiallyeligible articles

442. randomizedtrials

443. relevantlegislation

444. relevanttheses and dissertations 注释：Thesesis the plural of thesis. 还有一些如下：

a. analyses(plural)/analysis (singular)

b. hypotheses(plural)/hypothesis (singular)

c. diagnoses(plural)/diagnosis (singular)