A telemarketer set the company's computerized dialing system to contact every 25th person listed in the local telephone directory. What sampling method was used?
A) stratified sample
B) cluster sample
C) systematic sample
D) simple random sample

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The telemarketer set the system to contact every 25th person, which is a systematic sampling method. This involves selecting every kth element from a list or sequential data set.

A Telemarketer Set the Company's Computerized Dialing System to Contact