Professor Mary Mancini Studied Class Level and Drinking Behaviour at Rocky

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Multiple Choice

Professor Mary Mancini studied class level and drinking behaviour at Rocky Mountain University in Red Deer,Alberta.At Rocky Mountain,every student is required to live in one of six 20-story dormitories,and every student has a single room.All dormitory room phone numbers begin with the prefix 747 or 757 (e.g.,phone numbers are 747-0001 to 757-9999) .She used the student telephone directory and,after a random start,selected every fifteenth student.She then mailed a questionnaire to the 1000 students selected and had two follow-up postcard reminders.A total of 900 students returned questionnaires.Later,Professor Mancini asked the university registrar's office whether any students were omitted from the directory. What type of sampling did Professor Mancini use?

• A) Stratified
• B) Quota
• C) Cluster
• D) Systematic
• E) Simple random

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