When People with Specific Characteristics Are Recruited into a Sample

question 13

Multiple Choice

When people with specific characteristics are recruited into a sample so that particular groups can be studied, this is called:

• A) Random sampling
• B) Sampling with replacement
• C) Proportional stratified random sampling
• D) Purposive sample

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Definitions:

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