A researcher tests a theory about sexism by administering a survey to the 200 students in her sociology classes. This sample is best characterized as a________.
A) cluster sample.
B) stratified random sample.
C) nonprobability sample.
D) sampling distribution.

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The sample is a nonprobability sample because the students in the sociology classes are not chosen randomly and there is no way to ensure that the sample is representative of the larger population.

A Researcher Tests a Theory About Sexism by Administering a Survey