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How Does Diversity Within the Population Affect the Sampling Technique

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How does diversity within the population affect the sampling technique chosen in social research? Does this differ for probability and non-probability sampling? Explain at least three specific techniques that can be used to address high levels of diversity within a population.


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Operant Conditioning

A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher.

Observational Learning

Acquiring behaviors through the observation and replication of others' actions.

Respondent Behavior

Actions that occur as an automatic response to a particular stimulus, not under conscious control.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a pause or period of apparent extinction.

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