Which of the following yields a cluster sample? A) The best 15 ...

[Shelles]

Which of the following yields a cluster sample?
 
  A) The best 15 students, according to the opinion of the instructor, in a class are selected.
  B) 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.
  C) All students in a class are divided into groups according to the rows that they are seated. One of the groups is randomly selected.
  D) 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.

Question 2

Which of the following yields a stratified sample?
 
  A) 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 drawn from the females.
  B) The first 15 students in a class are selected without replacement.
  C) 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.
  D) The best 15 students, according to the opinion of the instructor, in a class are selected.

[samiel-sayed]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A