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sc00by25

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Research psychologists typically use convenience samplesgroups of people who are easily recruited and studied. A ________ sample would be most accurate because it consists of a larger group of the population of interest.
 
  a. representative
  b. specific
  c. cross-sectional
  d. easily measured

Question 2

A researcher who wanted to determine the effects of a particular treatment on children with ADHD could use which kind of research tool?
 
  a. a small convenience sample
  b. a large representative sample
  c. data on the whole population of interest
  d. information from interviews and other global measures



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a.

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Answer: a.





 

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