What Factors Are Not Accounted for When Using Probability Sampling

question 64

Multiple Choice

What factors are not accounted for when using probability sampling?

• A) each member of the populations has a known chance of being selected
• B) knowing that each member of the population has a chance of being selected allows the researcher to generalize back to the population
• C) there is less need to be careful in the sample selection when the population is homogenous
• D) when the population is homogeneous there is a greater need to use probability sampling than when the population is heterogeneous

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