A Sociologist Wants a Major National Organization to Fund Her

question 134

Multiple Choice

A sociologist wants a major national organization to fund her study of medical marijuana clubs in San Francisco but is turned down because the grant-makers don't see how her study would represent knowledge about anything more than the clubs that would be studied. What is the organization concerned about?

• A) representativeness
• B) replicability
• C) bias
• D) sampling error
• E) the target population

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