Your criminal justice class requires a study of the success of your state's drug courts.The professor suggests that you first select 10 counties from your state.From those ten counties you will select the two largest cities from each.Finally the drug courts in each of the cities will be monitored to measure success.What type of sampling design did your professor suggest?
A) stratified sampling
B) multistage cluster sampling
C) multistage cluster sampling with stratification
D) judgmental sampling

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The professor's suggestion involves a multistage process where the first stage is selecting counties (clusters) and the second stage involves selecting cities within those counties. This is a classic example of multistage cluster sampling, where multiple stages of clustering (first counties, then cities within those counties) are used to select the sample.

Your Criminal Justice Class Requires a Study of the Success