For His Research Methods Class Project,Hiro Is Studying the Effect

question 32

Multiple Choice

For his research methods class project,Hiro is studying the effect of pet ownership on stress levels.Although a lot of research has been done on dog and cat owners,not much is known about other pets,so Hiro decides to study hamster owners.Which of the following would demonstrate a purposive sampling technique?

• A)He is interested in hamster owners and not pet owners in general.
• B)He recruits his hamster owners by e-mailing members of the National Hamster Owners Association and asking for participants.
• C)His participants are all the people who have purchased hamsters at his local pet store in the past year.
• D)He asks hamster owners to give him the names of other hamster owners.

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Definitions:

Market Movements

The collective shifts and trends observed in the pricing and valuation of securities within financial markets.

Earnings Potential

The maximum amount of money an individual or entity can expect to earn from their investments or job over a specific period.

Systematic Risk

The risk inherent to the entire market or market segment, also known as non-diversifiable risk or market risk.

Slope

In linear regression, the slope indicates the steepness and direction of the relationship between two variables, representing the amount of change in the dependent variable for a one-unit change in the independent variable.