Question

Bonnie is conducting a study on the social skills of those children who have identified speech and language needs. She selects children who have Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for speech and language only and not any other educational exceptionalities. Bonnie is illustrating
a. homogeneous sampling.
b. intensity sampling.
c. criterion sampling.
d. snowball sampling.

Answer 1

Answer: Option (C) is correct

Explanation:

From the given scenario, we can state that Bonnie is illustrating criterion sampling. Criterion sampling usually involves the recognition of a specific criterion of vitality and importance, enunciation of this criterion, and review i.e. systematic and study of the cases that tend to meet this criterion.  The main reason for undertaking this criterion sampling is simply to recognize system weaknesses.