One of the drawbacks of snowball sampling is:
A)it is a very expensive form of sampling.
B)the sampling error tends to be very large.
C)it may miss people who are isolated from social networks.
D)it leads to bias if the elements are listed in the sampling frame in a cyclical fashion.

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Snowball sampling can miss individuals who are isolated from social networks because it relies on referrals from participants to identify other participants, thus potentially excluding those not connected to initial participants.

One of the Drawbacks of Snowball Sampling Is