Peggy Is Conducting a Reading Intervention Study That Involves Many

question 31

Multiple Choice

Peggy is conducting a reading intervention study that involves many children in many classrooms in many schools. The intervention is delivered by the teacher to the entire classes. Peggy would like to use a random sampling approach. Which of the following is Peggy likely to consider?

• A) Simple random sampling
• B) Systematic sampling
• C) Purposive random sampling
• D) Multistage sampling

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