2.25. With quota sampling a researcher stands at a street corner and conducts interviews until obtaining a
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2.25. With quota sampling a researcher stands at a street corner and conducts interviews until obtaining a quota representing the relative sizes of various groups in the population. For instance, the quota might be 50 factory workers, 100 housewives, 60 elderly people, 30 blacks, and so forth. Is this a probability or nonprobability sampling method? Explain, and discuss potential advantages or dis- advantages of this method. (Professional pollsters: such as Gallup used this method until 1948, when they incorrectly predicted that Dewey would defeat Truman in a landslide in the presidential election.)
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Statistical Methods For The Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780130272959
4th Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Barbara Finlay
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