A researcher gets a list of all 500 members of the National Association of Social Work in Yourtown that she wants to include in her study. She only has the funding and time to survey 50 members. She takes her list of members, randomly selects a starting point, and then selects every tenth name from the list to be included in her sample. In this example, the sampling interval is:

a. The list of all 500 members
b. 500
c. 50
d. 10
e. Cannot be determined


d. 10

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