Derek Wants to Make Generalizations from the Sample in His

question 61

Multiple Choice

Derek wants to make generalizations from the sample in his research study to a representative population. In order to do this he should use:

• A) Random selection
• B) Random assignment
• C) Purposive sampling
• D) Stratified sampling

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