--J.- . What is random sample? Why should you use random sample in empirical research? You want to write a paper on legal opinion on death penalty from survey of a random sample of lawyers. You go to county courthouse and survey every fifth lawyer coming out of the courthouse. You get opinion from 70 lawyers this way to write your paper. Do you think that your selection method has produced a random sample? In other words, can we depend on your generalization? 3+4+3