Which procedure describes a probability sampling method?
1. Identification of a sampling frame for an accessible population, writing element names on paper, placing the written names in a bowl, and drawing element names from the bowl.
2. Identification of community organizations and churches in an urban setting and recruiting participants.
3. Identification of individuals demonstrating the variable(s) of interest to the researcher and recruiting participants based upon suggestion from the first individuals identified.
4. Identification of the accessible population and selecting study participants based upon the researcher's belief that the participant is representative of the accessible population.
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Rationale 1: This procedure is a probability sample because each name in the bowl has an equal and independent chance of being selected.
Rationale 2: This statement describes a convenience sample, which results from the researcher choosing readily available people or objects of a study. Participants do not have an equal and independent chance of being selected.
Rationale 3: This statement describes a snowball or network sample, a type of convenience sample, which results from the researcher involving the assistance of study subjects to help obtain other potential subjects. Participants do not have an equal and independence chance of being selected.
Rationale 4: This statement describes purposive sampling, which is based on the assumption that the researcher has enough knowledge about the population of interest to select specific subjects for the study. Participants do not have an equal and independent chance of being selected.
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