A pollster wanted to determine how much support a new library tax would have in a major metropolitan area. The metro area is divided into regions, Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest, and Central and 100 voters in each region are surveyed. What type of sampling technique is being employed?
A) stratified sampling
B) random sampling
C) cluster sampling
D) systematic sampling

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This is an example of stratified sampling because the metropolitan area is divided into regions and each region has an equal number of voters surveyed. This allows for a more representative sample and a more accurate estimate of support for the library tax in each region.

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