For each of the following situations, identify the sampling method used. i. The manager of a company wants to conduct a satisfaction survey of the 10,000 employees. Each employee is assigned a number between 1 and 10,000. A computer program is used to generate random numbers between 1 and 10,000. The manager runs the program and selects 100 members for the survey. ii. The same company has offices in 100 cities across the country. The manager of the company cannot travel to all offices to survey the employees so he randomly selects 30 offices. He then surveys all employees at each of the 30 offices.

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For each of the following situations, identify the sampling method used.
i. The manager of a company wants to conduct a satisfaction survey of the 10,000 employees. Each employee is assigned a number between 1 and 10,000. A computer program is used to generate random numbers between 1 and 10,000. The manager runs the program and selects 100 members for the survey.
ii. The same company has offices in 100 cities across the country. The manager of the company cannot travel to all offices to survey the employees so he randomly selects 30 offices. He then surveys all employees at each of the 30 offices. 

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