An environmental action group is interested in how many people will participate in a recycling program in a particular town. They obtain the entire list of households in the town, and they assign each household a number from 1 to 3000 (the number of households in the town). They then use a computer to generate a list of 500 random numbers ranging from 1 to 3000. Using the list of random numbers, they draw a sample of 500 people to question about their use of the recycling program. What sampling method did this group use?
A) Quota sample
B) Simple random
C) Systematic
D) Stratified random

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Simple random sampling is a method of selecting a sample from a population in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected. In this case, the environmental action group used a computer to generate a list of 500 random numbers ranging from 1 to 3000. This ensured that each household in the town had an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

An Environmental Action Group Is Interested in How Many People