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Sampling Strategies and the Threat to Privacy

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The Ethics of Social Research

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Because of the variation and change in human behavior and social interaction, the need for valid survey research is unending. Whether one is interested in problems of violence and criminal behavior, poverty, physical or mental illness, drug abuse, child rearing, or any of a myriad of other issues that affect human life, valid information is necessary for appropriate action. Too often, public policy has been based in inaccurate knowledge or stereotypes later found to be in error (e.g., immigration policy).

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Hartley, S.F. (1982). Sampling Strategies and the Threat to Privacy. In: Sieber, J.E. (eds) The Ethics of Social Research. Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5719-6_8

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