The National Crime Victimization Survey selects subjects by identifying rural counties or metropolitan areas as primary sampling units, then chooses geographic regions within these units, and then chooses addresses within the geographic regions. This is an example of ______.
A) simple random sampling
B) multistage cluster sampling
C) disproportionate stratified sampling
D) systematic random sampling

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This is an example of multistage cluster sampling because the process involves selecting larger groups (rural counties or metropolitan areas) and then progressively narrowing down to smaller, more specific groups (geographic regions within those units, and finally addresses within those regions).

The National Crime Victimization Survey Selects Subjects by Identifying Rural