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Basic Question 22 of 30

The counseling department of a small college wants to interview a sample of 200 students about various aspects of their college experience. The registrar's office sends them a list of all 5000 students in alphabetical order. The students are divided into 24 different categories according to major, classification, gender, and national origin. A proportionate number from each group was sampled. What type of sampling was used?

A. cluster
B. random
C. stratified

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Kaloyan Stratified random sample
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Learning Outcome Statements

compare and contrast simple random, stratified random, cluster, convenience, and judgmental sampling and their implications for sampling error in an investment problem

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 1, Module 7.