Your Criminal Justice Class Requires a Study of the Success

question 44

Multiple Choice

Your criminal justice class requires a study of the success of your state's drug courts. The professor suggests that you first select 10 counties from your state. From those 10 counties, you will select the two largest cities from each. Finally, the drug courts in each of the cities will be monitored to measure success. What type of sampling design did your professor suggest?

• A) stratified sampling
• B) multistage cluster sampling
• C) multistage cluster sampling with stratification
• D) judgmental sampling

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Definitions:

Undisclosed Principal

In an agency relationship, a principal whose identity is not revealed to the third party by the agent.

Implied Authority

Authority of an agent that is not expressly granted but assumed to be given as necessary to perform tasks related to their job.

Actual Authority

The explicit power granted to an agent or representative by the principal to perform certain acts on their behalf.

Principal's Ratification

The formal approval by a principal (party in authority) of an act performed on their behalf, usually validating a previously unauthorized act.