Jane Doe wants to administer a short survey on "student driving habits" to a representative sample of students at the local university. She secures a list of students from the student directory. She assigns each student a unique number and then uses a random number table to select her sample. The student directory from which Jane selects her sample of students to contact is referred to as:
A) sampling frame.
B) sampling control.
C) sampling error.
D) sampling directory.
E) None of the above.

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The sampling frame is the list or set of individuals from which a sample is actually selected. In this case, the student directory is the sampling frame from which Jane selects her sample of students.

Jane Doe Wants to Administer a Short Survey on "Student