How Did Lareau Choose the Families for Her Study

question 16

Multiple Choice

How did Lareau choose the families for her study?

• A) She contacted district administrators for lists of students attending public schools in the selected towns and then selected every n^th student. She reached out to the student's family to ask if they were interested.
• B) She talked with initial contacts who then identified families that would best fit the research focus. Those contacts would then direct her to families they knew who might be interested in participating.
• C) Working with administrators in school districts she created a list of schools, then approached parents of school children to create a list of students. Finally she used systematic sampling to determine which families to approach.
• D) None of these

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