Five research articles have been explored with the aim of identifying their purpose of study and the sampling technique used. While analyzing various sampling techniques applied during the research as well as data presentation, the effectiveness of the selected method in exposing the confounding facts to the audience were also considered. The first article considered during the study was from the journal of “Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment”. The article was about identifying whether the effects of drug abuse are among contributing factors that lead to harmful suicide attempts that could result into suicide completion (da Silveira 2014). The Continue reading...