A sampling technique that is not widely generalizable, but can provide rich descriptions of a target population is ____________
A) purposive sampling
B) convenience sampling
C) snowball sampling
D) quota sampling
A
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What is the most rapidly increasing component of the federal budget?
a. Medicare b. Medicaid c. Social Security d. climate change mitigation
Densely populated cities tend to have lower rates of obesity but higher rates of asthma. With respect to their direction , density?obesity is a __________ relationship, and density?ashma is a __________ relationship.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
All of the following statements concerning theory in public are true except for _____.
a. Individuals have similar interests, values, perceptions, and preferences b. Policymaking encompasses significant time spans c. Theories account for the ways public problems are approached and understood d. Multiple policies and programs may or may not align well with one another
In one possible outcome of a nonequivalent control-group design, the control group did NOT change but the experimental group, which initially scored lower than the control group, scored much higher than the control group at posttest. This is called a
A) confound due to selection. B) crossover effect. C) criss-cross effect. D) serendipitous finding.