A method of sampling in which all the items in the population are divided into two or more subpopulations is:
A) attributes sampling.
B) stratified sampling.
C) divisible sampling.
D) variables sampling.

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Stratified sampling involves dividing the population into subpopulations based on some characteristic (such as geographic region or age group) and then randomly selecting samples from each subpopulation. This helps to ensure that the sample is representative of the entire population and can increase the precision of the estimates. The other choices (attributes sampling, divisible sampling, and variables sampling) do not involve dividing the population into subpopulations.

A Method of Sampling in Which All the Items in the Population