Volunteerism and samples of convenience create biased samples and should be avoided at all costs. 

Truth:

Recruiting people for research studies is difficult. In truth, volunteerism and samples of convenience are extremely common in many fields. They are especially common on college campuses because researchers can ask students to volunteer. Recruiting participants from one's own university is a sample of convenience. 

Volunteerism and samples of convenience are common but have their downsides. Those downsides should be mentioned in the study's discussion section within a peer-reviewed scientific journal article. 

Question:

How might volunteerism introduce bias into a sample?

Select one:

a. Volunteers always have an advantage over people who don't volunteer

b. Volunteerism is a form of simple random sampling that does not work

c. Volunteers are likely different than people who don't want to volunteer 

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