Which of the following yields a systematic sample?
A)All students in a class are divided into groups of 15.One student is randomly chosen from the 1st group,the remaining observations are every 15th student thereafter.
B)The best 15 students,according to the opinion of the instructor,in a class are selected.
C)All students in a class are grouped according to their gender.A random sample of 8 is selected from the males and a separate random sample of 7 is drawn from the females.
D)A random sample of 15 students is selected from a class without replacement.

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A systematic sample is a sample where observations are selected at regular intervals from an ordered list. In option A, the students are divided into groups of 15 and then every 15th student is selected, which is a regular interval, making it a systematic sample. The other options do not involve regular intervals or an ordered list, making them not systematic samples.

Which of the Following Yields a Systematic Sample