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beccaep

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If the variable that you are interested in studying is so rare that it is unlikely to be discovered using random sampling, what is the best alternative?
 
  a. accidental sampling
  b. quota sampling
  c. stratified sampling
  d. purposive sampling

Question 2

If a researcher has a list of 10,000 elements, wants to sample 1,000, and selects every tenth element, she is using:
 
  a. simple random sampling
  b. cluster sampling
  c. systematic sampling
  d. Quota sampling


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EAN94

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Reply #1 on: Aug 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c


beccaep

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Reply 2 on: Aug 13, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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