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1. Your school wants to do a study of the attitudes of the parent community toward the IB program. The school is looking for parents who have had older children study in the IB program in a different school, in order to see if they feel that the program is better, equal or worse than the program at the other school. What type of sample is this?

2. A psychologist puts an advertisement into the paper because he is looking for both married and single people to talk about their sex lives. What type of sample is this?

What is one strength of the sampling technique for this study?

What is one limitation of the sampling technique for this study?

3. A sports psychologist is looking for professional male gymnasts who had hip injuries and have returned to the sport. Which sampling technique would be most likely used by this researcher? Why?

4. An industrial psychologist is looking at job satisfaction and burnout in teachers. In order to do this and represent a large range of teachers, what would be the most effective sampling technique?

5. Your school is doing a study of attitudes toward the school lunch. In choosing a sample, what would be the most appropriate if you want to get a good sense of how all members of your community feel about the lunches?