In a study of gang behavior, Jankowski (1991) purposefully included at least som

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In a study of gang behavior, Jankowski (1991) purposefully included at least some participants from several different ethnic gangs, as well as large and small gangs, and gangs from different cities and regions of the country. This process of selecting at least some participants from different types of gangs represents what kind of sampling procedure?

Simple random sampling

Quota sampling

Theoretical sampling

Stratified sampling

Snowball sampling

Simple random sampling

Quota sampling

Theoretical sampling

Stratified sampling

Snowball sampling

Explanation / Answer

Ans. Stratified sampling

Stratified sampling refers to a probability sampling technique. The researcher divides the entire population into different subgroups or strata and then randomly selects the final subjects proportionally from the different strata.

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