A pollster wanted to determine how much support a new library tax would have in a major metropolitan area. The metro area is divided into regions, Southeast, Southwest,
Northeast, Northwest, and Central and 100 voters in each region are surveyed. What type
Of sampling technique is being employed?
A) systematic sampling
B) stratified sampling
C) cluster sampling
D) random sampling

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This is an example of stratified sampling because the population is divided into distinct subgroups (regions in this case) and samples are taken from each subgroup.

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