Question

You are doing research for a large pet store chain with 1500 locations across the country.  Management wants to better understand the demand for dog grooming services in their stores.  They decide to take a random sample of 200 stores and interview every 14^th customer at checkout.  What type of sampling technique is being employed? Be specific.

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The sampling technique used is Systematic sampling,as every 14th customer is interviewed.

Systematic sampling is a type of probability sampling method in which sample members from a larger population are selected according to a random starting point but with a fixed, periodic interval