The financial aid office at a nearby university publishes data about the type and amount of aid offered annually by collecting information from every 25th student to apply for financial aid this semester.

Answer: incomplete question

Complete question: identify the sampling technique used.

The financial aid office at a nearby university publishes data about the type and amount of aid offered annually by collecting information from every 25th student to apply for financial aid this semester.

Answer: Systematic Sampling

Step-by-step explanation:

Systematic sampling:is easier to do than other sampling techniques. In systematic sampling, a list of elements are "counted off". That is, every nth element is taken. This is similar to lining everyone up and numbering off "4,5,6,7; 4,5,6,7; etc". When done numbering, all people numbered 4 would be used.