At the Annual Freshman Mixer at Your University,each Student Places

question 78

Multiple Choice

At the annual freshman mixer at your university,each student places a card with his/her name in a large basket.A card is drawn for the evening's door prize.This is an example of:

• A) a nonprobability sample.
• B) a probability sample.
• C) a simple random sample.
• D) both A and C are correct.
• E) both B and C are correct.

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Definitions:

Achieved Statuses

Social positions that individuals gain through their own efforts, skills, or accomplishments, as opposed to those inherited or assigned at birth.

Social Class

A division of a society based on social and economic status.

Postindustrial Society

A society economically dependent upon the production and distribution of services, information, and knowledge.

Agricultural Society

A society that relies on farming and cultivation of the land as the primary source of livelihood and economic activity.