A researcher in a brain imagining study selects a sample of participants to test for differences in processing information speed. The number of men and women in the population was unknown, so the researcher selected an equal number of men and women for her study to ensure that sex was equally represented. Which type of quota sampling was used in this example?

A. proportionate
B. systematic
C. random
D. simple


Answer: D

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