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tingc95

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If a researcher wanted to find out the characteristics of individuals who use the services of prostitutes, the investigator could try to get participation from people who go to massage parlors.
 
  The resulting sample (if anybody really agreed to participate) would be
  a. key informant sampling.
  b. snowball sampling.
  c. probability sampling.
  d. targeted sampling.

Question 2

Because the U.S. Census missed millions of people, many statisticians favored remedying the problem by using
 
  a. conducting a recount.
  b. statistical sampling.
  c. key informant sampling.
  d. targeted sampling.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



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