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If we took the 500 people attending a school in New York City, divided them by gender, and then took a random sample of the males and a random sampling of the females, the variable on which we would divide the population is called the ........

If we took the 500 people attending a school in New York City, divided them by gender, and then took a random sample of the males and a random sampling of the females, the variable on which we would divide the population is called the ........
1). Independent variable
2). Dependent variable
3). Stratification variable
4). Sampling variable

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3) Stratification variable

Explanation:
  1. In Stratified Sampling, the population is divided into subgroups (strata) based on a specific characteristic, and then random samples are taken from each stratum.
  2. In this case, gender is the variable used to divide the population into strata (males and females).
  3. The variable used for this division is called the stratification variable because it is used to create homogeneous groups before sampling.
Thus, gender is the stratification variable in this scenario.

Stratifcation 

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