You Are Doing Research on Inmates Leaving Your State's Prison

question 24

Multiple Choice

You are doing research on inmates leaving your state's prison system during the calendar year 2006 with respect to their living arrangements upon release.It is assumed that inmates living with their families will have lower recidivism rates,therefore what sampling technique would do best to obtain a representative sample?

• A) simple random sample
• B) quota sample
• C) stratified sample
• D) snowball sample

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