Ross Times, the student newspaper of Ross College, printed a "What do you think?" column feature asking: "Do you think that the college is doing enough to provide student parking?" Anyone could mail in a response or use the paper's Web site to respond. In all, 126 answers were received.This is an example of what type of sample? A voluntary response sample A simple random sample A multistage sample A convenience sample
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Ross Times, the student newspaper of Ross College, printed a "What do you think?" column feature asking: "Do you think that the college is doing enough to provide student parking?" Anyone could mail in a response or use the paper's Web site to respond. In all, 126 answers were received.This is an example of what type of sample? A voluntary response sample A simple random sample A multistage sample A convenience sample
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This is an example of a voluntary response sample.
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