Question 4.4

4.4 What kind of sample? Archaeologists plan to examine a sample of two-meter-square plots near an ancient Greek city for artifacts visible in the ground. They choose separate samples of plots from floodplain, coast, foothills, and high hills. What kind of sample is this?

  1. (a) A simple random sample

  2. (b) A voluntary response sample

  3. (c) A stratified sample

  4. (d) A cluster sample