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A Researcher Is Seeking a Representative Sample (Of Size N=50)

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A researcher is seeking a representative sample (of size n=50) of Fortune magazine's list of the 500 largest industrial corporations. She randomly decides to begin at company number 4 and then select every 10th company until 50 have been selected. The researcher is using what type of sampling plan?


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