Three researchers conduct studies of the inmate population i…

Three researchers conduct studies of the inmate population in Connecticut.  They all use simple random sampling to select their participants.  The first researcher selects 100 inmates.  The second researcher selects 1,000 inmates, and the third researcher selects 10,000 inmates.  Which sample is most likely to have the largest amount of sampling error?

Dr. Cult wants to study people who join a secretive and extr…

Dr. Cult wants to study people who join a secretive and extremist religious group known as The Church of the Fiery Apocalypse.  He first interviews a recently recruited member and asks the member for the names and phone numbers of 2 other people in the group that may be willing to participate in the study. He then interviews those 2 people, and asks each of them for the names and phone numbers of 2 other people in the group that may be willing to participate in the study.  If Dr. Cult builds his sample in this manner, his study has used_____.