One psychologist while collecting data from gamblers, first identified one gambler and from him traced out three more; and through these three further more. He continued like this, This is an example of
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Correct answer: C. Snowball sampling
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Locating participants through referral chains (one gambler leads to three more) is snowball sampling.
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