A marijuana survey included 1610 responses from a list of approximately 241,500,000 adults in the United States from which every 150,000th name was surveyed. Identify which of these types of sampling is used:
A) Convenience
B) Stratified
C) Systematic
D) Simple random
E) Cluster

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The survey is using a systematic sampling method where every 150,000th name from the list is surveyed. This is a type of probability sampling where every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.

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