When Researchers Divide the Population of Interest in a Study

question 30

Multiple Choice

When researchers divide the population of interest in a study into groups and then arbitrarily choose participants from each group, they are using

• A) quota sampling.
• B) selective surveying.
• C) random sampling.
• D) stratified sampling.
• E) researcher samples.

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