Question

a city council has requested a household survey be conducted in a suburban area of their city. the area is broken into many distinct and unique neighborhoods, some including large homes with only a few residents, others a diverse mixture of housing structures. which approach would likely be the most effective? cluster sampling simple random sampling stratified sampling

Explanation:

The area has distinct neighborhoods with different housing structures. Stratified sampling divides the population into subgroups (strata) based on characteristics. Here, the different neighborhoods can be strata, so stratified sampling would be effective to ensure representation from each type of housing structure.

Answer:

Stratified sampling