You are comparing songs from the Billboard Top 100 list from the 1970s to the current decade. You randomly select a number of weekly Billboard Chart lists from each of the two decades and analyze each song on the list. What type of sampling method are you using?
A) stratified sampling
B) theoretical sampling
C) convenience sampling
D) cluster sampling

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Cluster sampling is used here as you are selecting entire weekly Billboard Chart lists (clusters) from each decade to analyze the songs.

You Are Comparing Songs from the Billboard Top 100 List