You are conducting a rough pre-test of a survey to determine how much students would be willing to pay for lab fees for computer courses.You go to the main student computer lab and distribute the survey to the first 50 students you encounter.What is this kind of sample called?
A)Convenience sample
B)Judgment sample
C)Random sample
D)Simple random sample

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This is a convenience sample because the researcher conveniently sampled the first 50 students encountered in a specific location without a random process. This type of sample may not be representative of the population being studied.

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