You Have Been Asked to Locate Secondary Data for Your

question 33

Multiple Choice

You have been asked to locate secondary data for your small organization's research needs.Which of the following is NOT a common source for this type of research?

• A)competitors' Web sites
• B)online surveys
• C)the Bureau of Economic Analysis
• D)the U.S.Small Business Administration
• E)the U.S.Census Bureau

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Definitions:

Convenience Sampling

A sampling technique where participants are selected based on their availability or ease of access, rather than at random.

Volunteer Sampling

Obtaining a sample by asking for volunteers.

Sampling Interval

The interval selected in systematic sampling (e.g., every 10th or 100th unit).

Systematic Sampling

Sampling by selecting every nth unit from a population.