What is the difference between a "sample" and a "random sample"?
What will be an ideal response?
A sample is simply a group of individuals chosen from the target population without the use of safeguards to see that the group represents the target population. A random sample is a portion of a population in which everyone in the population has the same chance of being included in the study, thereby being more representative of the target population.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is an example of a compulsive john?
a) a man who likes to beat up prostitutes b) a man who wants to make friends with every prostitute c) a man who wants to make friends with one special prostitute d) a man who cannot keep away from prostitutes, from whom he wants sex only
What theoretical perspective assumes that competition and constraint result in continually social change?
a. functionalism b. symbolic interactionism c. conflict theory d. dramaturgy e. economic determinism
At Bergenfield High, metal heads were synonymous with
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