Question

As part of her summer job, Martina was instructed to collect data from ten people to determine how they felt about a number of political issues including socialized medicine, food stamps, and educational vouchers. She asked her father, grandfather, mother, brother, two uncles, and four sorority sisters to answer the survey questions. Marina used a _____ sample.

Answer 1

Answer:

Convenience sample

Explanation:

A convenience sample is a sample where subjects are selected because of their proximity to the researcher. The person gathering the information has easy access to this sample and that's why it's chosen.

In the problem, Martina asks her parents, grandfather, brother, uncles and sorority sisters, in other words, she chooses the people who are closer to her and that will be easy to have access to for the interviews. That is why this is an example of convenience sample.