Which of the Following Yields a Cluster Sample

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following yields a cluster sample?

• A)All students in a class are divided into groups of 15.One student is randomly chosen from the 1st group, the remaining observations are every 15th student thereafter.
• B)The best 15 students, according to the opinion of the instructor, in a class are selected.
• C)All students in a class are grouped according to their gender.A random sample of 8 is selected from the males and a separate random sample of 7 is selected from the
• Females.
• D)All students in a class are divided into groups according to the rows that they are seated.One of the groups is randomly selected.

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