A researcher wants to study adolescents who are homeless. He builds his sample by searching the streets, identifying an adolescent to interview, and then, asks the adolescent where the researcher can find another homeless adolescent to interview. What sampling method did this researcher use?
A) Convenience sample
B) Snowball sampling
C) Quota sample
D) Simple random

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The researcher is using snowball sampling, where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances, which is common in hard-to-reach populations like homeless adolescents.

A Researcher Wants to Study Adolescents Who Are Homeless