You Work for a Local Community Garden and Have Been

question 193

Multiple Choice

You work for a local community garden and have been asked to showcase some of the produce from the garden at the local mall.You decide to use nonprobability sampling to identify study participants.As families walk into the mall,you stop them and ask them to try the produce that you have grown in the garden to complete a survey on healthy eating. Which of the following is a potential drawback of using nonprobability sampling?​

• A)​The sample is random.
• B)​Respondents may self-select into the study.
• C)​Nonprobablity sampling relies on objectivity.
• D)​Researchers find nonprobability sampling inconvenient.
• E)​Each participant has an equal chance of being selected into the study.

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