Willie Is a Concerned Citizen of His Small Town

question 5

Multiple Choice

Willie is a concerned citizen of his small town. There are some national policy debates happening whose outcomes will have an effect on him and the people he knows. He wants to get educated and get involved, so first he turns to the Web.
-Willie wants to learn exactly what's being discussed in the bills on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. so he can understand what it means for his town. Which of the following would be the best Web site for Willie to visit?

• A) LibraryWeb
• B) Bing
• C) Wikipedia
• D) Thomas Legislative Information

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Definitions:

Representative Samples

A subset of a population that accurately reflects the members of the entire population in terms of critical variables.

Sampling Frames

A list or database from which a sample is drawn, representing the entire population or target demographic for a research study.

Nonprobability Sampling

A method of sampling in which not every member of the population has an equal opportunity to be chosen.

Quota Sampling

A non-random sampling technique where the researcher fills quotas from different subgroups of the population.