Answer to Question #319364 in Statistics and Probability for Aswani

Question

State whether the following statement are true or false and also give the reason in support your answer

In a big hall there are 50 rows and each row has 60 students. A research scholar selects 10 rows randomly and then randomly selects 15; students from each selected row. It is an example of cluster sampling procedure.

Answer 1

True. The entire population (students) is divided into clusters (rows). The sample of rows is taken and each is sampled.