Doug has a "rags to riches" story. he grew up a poor kid in rural west virginia and now is an officer in the u. s. army. his children roll their eyes every time a domino’s pizza commercial comes on. doug tells stories about how he played with sticks and dirt as a kid, concluding, "tom monaghan is right when he says,

a. ‘entrepreneurship is the american dream’
b. ‘reading great literature is key to my success’
c. ‘poor living was the greatest living i ever did’
d. ‘some people are given the genes to succeed, no matter where they start from’

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject.a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher.wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners.acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.