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A study of women who are in the process of obtaining a divorce will be studied to assess whether there are significant attitudinal changes after the divorce has been finalized. There are 798 couples in the geographic area that have recently filed for divorce. If a sample of 25 women is needed for the study, what type or types of random selection methods can I use to determine which women should be asked to participate in the study?

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Below is a list and description of different types of random samples. Your case study is interesting; I believe it will fit nicely with any of the examples below.

Simple Random Sample- is selected so that all samples of the same size have an equal chance of being selected from the population. This method would work nicely with your case study. This allows ...

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