You are studying gender as portrayed in Marvel comics. Since most of the villains are male, and you want to be sure to capture gender portrayals of females as well, you divide them by the gender of the primary villain, and then do a simple random sample. Which sampling method are you using?

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Stratified random sampling involves dividing the population into subgroups (strata) based on a characteristic, such as gender, and then taking a random sample from each subgroup.

You Are Studying Gender as Portrayed in Marvel Comics