A researcher is conducting a study on eating disorders.Using a list of recent participants in the online Weight Watchers program, she randomly selects a name from the alphabetized list.She then chooses every tenth person from that point on to include in her study.This sampling strategy is called ________________________ .
A)Systematic
B)Cluster
C)Random
D)Stratified
E)Judgmental

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This sampling strategy is called systematic sampling because the researcher selects every nth participant (in this case, every tenth person) from a list, starting from a randomly chosen point.

A Researcher Is Conducting a Study on Eating Disorders