The items or individuals of the population are arranged in a file drawer alphabetically by date received. A random starting point is selected and then every k^th member of the population is selected for the sample. This sampling method is called systematic random sampling.

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The description matches the process of systematic random sampling, where a fixed interval is used to choose participants from a population based on their order in a list.

The Items or Individuals of the Population Are Arranged in a File