For an Individual-Level, City-Wide Research Project, You Are Considering Using

question 32

Essay

For an individual-level, city-wide research project, you are considering using either the phone book or the U.S. Census list of addresses for your city. For each type of sampling frame, what biases might the sampling frame bring to the study? How might those biases be overcome?

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