The lecturer of a business statistics class wanted to find out the average amount of time per week her students spent studying for the class.She divided the students into the left,right and centre groups according to the location they sat in the class that day.One of these 3 groups was randomly selected and everyone in the group was asked the average amount of time per week he/she spent studying for the class.This is an example of a cluster sample.

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A cluster sample is a type of sampling technique where the population is divided into groups or clusters, and then a random sample of clusters is selected. In this case, the population (students) was divided into groups based on their seating location, and one of the groups was randomly selected for the sample. Therefore, this is an example of a cluster sample.

The Lecturer of a Business Statistics Class Wanted to Find