Question

A survey is taken to figure out the average temperature across all cities in the United States on a particular day. In 10 randomly chosen states, 40 cities are choosen to record the temperature. Which sampling method describes this situation?

Answer 1

The sampling method for the given survey would be the Cluster type as we know that cluster sampling refers to a type of sampling method. With cluster sampling, the researcher divides the population into separate groups, called clusters. Then, a simple random sample of clusters is selected from the population which is very evident in this survey.