Dr. Berry wanted to draw a sample of 20 students from the 200 graduate students in education at his university. He developed a list of the graduate students who were education majors and beginning at the sixth student on the list he selects every tenth student from the list to be in the sample. Dr. Berry has created a:
A) Proportional stratified sample
B) Cluster sample
C) Systematic sample
D) Convenience sample

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Dr. Berry used a systematic sampling method by selecting every tenth student from a list, starting at a specific point.

Dr Berry Wanted to Draw a Sample of 20 Students