Question

You want to draw a sample of people in San Antonio who own 1960s Schwinn Sting-Ray children’s bicycles, a collector’s item. There is no list of the people, but there is an informal network (acquaintances) of Sting-Ray owners. What type of sampling should you use?

Answer 1

Snowball Sampling

Explanation:

Based on the specific scenario that is being described it can be said that the best type of sampling for you to use would be Snowball Sampling. This is a unique nonprobability sampling technique where subjects for the experiment at hand are recruited from the existing subjects list of acquaintances. Such as in this case it would target all the acquaintances of the Sting-Ray owners.