1. In the following two situations, either stratified random sampling method or cluster sampling method is used. (1)...

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1. In the following two situations,either stratified random sampling method or cluster sampling methodis used.

(1) Identify the sampling method used,and (2) briefly justify your choice.

  1. To get an idea of how much detached houses in the city ofVancouver cost these days, Joe went to a real estate web site (likerealtor.ca) to get some information. He divided the city ofVancouver into 20 districts or communities; randomly selected 5 ofthem; and all detached houses (that are listed on the web site)within those 5 districts were chosen.

  1. To get an idea of how much detached houses in the city ofVancouver cost these days, Joe went to a real estate web site (likerealtor.ca) to get some information. He divided the city ofVancouver into 20 districts or communities; randomly selected 5detached houses from each district; and the 100 (20 districts times5 houses per district) detached houses formed the sample.

Note: In practice, geographic factorshould not be used to do the stratification. It’s used here onlyfor the sake of illustration.

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Cluster Sampling is a method where the target population is divided into multiple clusters Some of these clusters are selected randomly for sampling In cluster sampling Selection of the sample is done by randomly selected clusters and including all the members from    See Answer
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