Identify the sampling technique used.
-In a recent television survey, participants were asked to answer ʺyesʺ or ʺnoʺ to the question ʺAre you in favor of the death penalty?ʺ Six thousand five hundred responded ʺyesʺ while 5100 responded ʺnoʺ. There was a
Fifty-cent charge for the call.
A)convenience
B)random
C)cluster
D)stratified
E)systematic

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This is an example of convenience sampling because the sample consists of individuals who have self-selected into the survey by making the effort to respond and are willing to pay the fifty-cent charge. This method does not randomly select participants from the population, making it a non-random (convenience) sampling technique.

Identify the Sampling Technique Used