If you enter a shopping mall and notice a researcher handing out surveys to everyone asking their opinion about a possible increase in state sales tax rates, what type of sampling procedure is being used?
A) Convenience sample
B) Implied sample
C) Simple random sample
D) Systematic sample
E) Quota sample

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The researcher is handing out surveys to people who are conveniently available at the shopping mall, which is characteristic of a convenience sample.

If You Enter a Shopping Mall and Notice a Researcher