Jane Doe wants to administer a short survey on "student driving habits" to a representative sample of students at the local university.She secured a list of students from the student directory.She as-signed each student a unique number and then used a random number table to select her sample.The student directory from which Jane selected her sample of students to contact is referred to as
A)sampling frame.
B)sampling control.
C)sampling error.
D)sampling directory.
E)None of these are correct.

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The sampling frame refers to the list of individuals from which a sample is selected. In this case, the student directory is the sampling frame from which Jane selected her sample of students. Sampling control, sampling error, and sampling directory are not relevant terms in this context.

Jane Doe Wants to Administer a Short Survey on "Student