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Nonprobability Sampling Strategies
Haphazard Sampling

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Let's say that you wanted to recruit freshmen for a study of the psychological transition to college. You located a large, freshman class, stood outside the door, and asked the first 10 students coming out of class to participate in your survey. What kind of bias might be introduced by using this haphazard sampling strategy?

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