A research manager decides to pick households for interviews by selecting street intersections at random,and then using a given route for the interviewers to follow--such as every fifth house on the right side of the road until the end of the street and then turn east and interview every fifth house on the left.This is a:
A) convenience sample
B) stratified sample
C) nonprobability sample
D) sampling error
E) probability sample

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A probability sample is characterized by every element in the population having a known statistical likelihood of being selected,allowing an estimate of the accuracy of the sample.

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