You are creating questions for a survey on the rampant corruption found in today's politics.You initially hand out surveys to journalists,political experts,anti-corruption workers,etc.This sample is called a(n):
A) convenience sample.
B) judgment sample.
C) random sample.
D) evaluative sample.
E) census sample.

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A purposive or judgment sample is a group of people whose views seem useful. Someone interested in surveying the kinds of writing done on campus might ask each department for the name of a faculty member who cared about writing, and then send surveys to those people.

You Are Creating Questions for a Survey on the Rampant