A mega-discount chain store just opened a new clothing store in town emphasizing mainly women's clothing. Before opening, management had to decide whether to only carry either men's, Women's, boys', girls', or infants' clothing. After performing representative sampling of potential
Customers from each of these groups, it was decided to carry only women's clothing. Identify the Type of sampling used in this example.
A)Systematic sampling
B)Cluster sampling
C)Multistage sampling
D)Stratified sampling

Question

A mega-discount chain store just opened a new clothing store in town emphasizing mainly women's clothing. Before opening, management had to decide whether to only carry either men's, Women's, boys', girls', or infants' clothing. After performing representative sampling of potential
Customers from each of these groups, it was decided to carry only women's clothing. Identify the Type of sampling used in this example. 
A)Systematic sampling
B)Cluster sampling
C)Multistage sampling
D)Stratified sampling

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Stratified sampling was used because the population was divided into distinct groups (men, women, boys, girls, infants) and samples were taken from each group to make a decision.

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