Question

bradley, the manager of a home goods store wants to determine what items customers are looking for this christmas so that he can plan his orders. he decides to collect data for the purpose by stationing employees outside the store on a particular saturday with a list of questions to ask willing shoppers to answer as they pass by. in this case, the bradley is using a______ sampling method to select respondents. nonprobability random stratified probability systematic

Explanation:

Bradley is using a non - probability sampling method. He is stationing employees outside the store to ask willing shoppers. This is a form of convenience sampling which is a non - probability sampling technique as not all members of the population (all potential customers) have an equal chance of being selected. In random, stratified, probability, and systematic sampling, there are more structured ways to ensure representativeness and equal selection probabilities.

Answer:

A. nonprobability