One researcher is interested in family shopping patterns and sets up a table in a local supermarket and asks consumers who walk by if they would fill in a questionnaire.
A)stratified; convenience
B)convenience; stratified
C)stratified; quota
D)stratified; non-probability
E)systematic; simple random

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The sampling method used in this scenario is convenience sampling, as the researcher set up a table in a local supermarket and asked consumers who walked by to fill in a questionnaire. There is no indication that any stratification or quotas were used, and systematic and simple random sampling were not mentioned as options.

One Researcher Is Interested in Family Shopping Patterns and Sets