Which of the Following Would Be an Example of Random

question 65

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be an example of random sampling in a survey study designed to learn more about the student body at a particular college?

• A) asking students to fill out a survey in a campus magazine and then mailing it to the investigators
• B) tossing a coin to determine who will be surveyed from a list of all students enrolled
• C) surveying all customers who visit a particular coffee shop on campus
• D) surveying fraternity and sorority members on campus

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Definitions:

Maintenance Effect

The ongoing benefits of a treatment or intervention after the primary treatment period has concluded.

Encoding Specificity Effect

The principle that retrieval of information is improved when conditions at recall match those at encoding.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information presented at the beginning of a list or sequence better than information that comes later.

Recency Effect

A memory bias where the most recently presented information is remembered better than older information.