Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Snowball sampling methods are sometimes employed when it is hard to identify
participants.
2. A strength of snowball sampling is that you can ask people to identify other people
without their consent.
3. When sampling distributions take a normal shape, we can determine confidence
intervals around the most common value.
4. If researchers want to test a very strong relationship between variables, they will need
to select a larger sample than if they are testing a weak relationship.
5. A problem with research studies with minority communities is that the research has
not benefitted the community.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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