A warehouse stores thousands of marble slabs of different shapes, sizes, and materials that are used for construction projects. The manager wants to estimate the average weight of these slabs. The slabs are arranged in stacks that have about101010 slabs of different varieties. The manager wants to weigh a random sample of100100100 slabs.Why might the manager choose a cluster random sample instead of a stratified random sample in this setting?

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Answer: Both B and C

B. It will probably be easier to weigh heavy slabs that are stacked together rather than pulling out some slabs from different stacks.

C. Each stack has a variety of slabs, so choosing all of the slabs in some of the stacks should represent the population fairly well.

Step-by-step explanation:

B. By weighing entire stacks, the manager would only need to retrieve, weigh, and return about 101010 units. By weighing fewer slabs per stack, there are many more steps in the process and it is more complicated to track where to return the weighed slabs.

C. If each stack reflects the variety in the population, then choosing the stacks as clusters is a good way to get a sample that looks like the population.