Probability Sampling Techniques Enable Us to Make Relatively Few Observations

question 19

Multiple Choice

Probability sampling techniques enable us to make relatively few observations and then generalize from those observations to a much wider population. For example, if a researcher is interested in what proportion of high school students have used marijuana, collecting data from a _____ of a few thousand students will serve just as well as trying to study every high school student in the country.

• A) nonprobability sample
• B) convenience sample
• C) probability sample
• D) observed sample

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