Imagine You Are Interested in Looking at the Crime of Vandalism

question 23

Essay

Imagine you are interested in looking at the crime of vandalism. The literature suggests this is more commonly carried out by youth ages 15 to 17. As such, you want to make sure that your sample has enough of youth of that age, plus other ages for comparison purposes. First, decide your research questions, then decide which type of nonprobability sample you would use. Provide your rationale for using that sampling method. Then describe the steps you might take to carry out your sampling method.

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