Chip Used the Local Yellow Pages to Compile a Random

question 59

Multiple Choice

Chip used the local yellow pages to compile a random sample of 100 small businesses to take part in his experiment about hiring decisions.He then used a quota matrix containing the variables she felt would most likely influence the decision to hire,and assigned businesses within each matrix cell alternately to the experimental and control groups.What method of assigning subjects to the experimental and control groups was used?

• A)nonprobability sampling
• B)probability sampling
• C)randomization
• D)matching
• E)simple random selection

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