You Conduct a Survey with a Large Introductory Class of Sociology

question 10

Multiple Choice

You conduct a survey with a large introductory class of sociology students, but you want to sample only 30 percent of them. When passing out the survey, you need to make sure that each person in the class has an equal chance of being selected to complete it. What kind of sample have you selected?

• A)multivariate sample
• B)cross-sectional sample
• C) representative sample
• D) multi-stage sample

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