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The administration of a large university is interested in learning about the types of wellness programs that would interest its employees. To do this, they plan to survey a sample of their employees.
-Suppose that there are five categories of employees (administration, faculty, professional staff, clerical, and maintenance) and the university decides to randomly select ten individuals from each category. This sampling plan is called
A) Simple Random Sampling
B) Stratified Sampling
C) Cluster Sampling
D) Systematic Sampling
E) Convenience Sampling

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The sampling plan described in the scenario is an example of stratified sampling, where the population is divided into strata (categories of employees in this case) and a random sample is selected from each stratum. This ensures that the sample is representative of the entire population and allows for comparisons to be made between different groups.

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