Adam Andrews of the Quit Today Institute wants to know how many students at the local university smoke cigarettes.Adam obtains a list of phone numbers for every student enrolled at the college from the Dean.He selects students from the 24 000 on the list by taking every fiftieth student,giving him a sample of 480 students. What sampling method is Adam Smith using?
A)Simple random
B)Systematic
C)Disproportionate
D)Cluster
E)Stratified

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Adam is using a systematic sampling method by selecting every fiftieth student from the list of phone numbers.

Adam Andrews of the Quit Today Institute Wants to Know