A worker wanted to estimate the average annual living expenses for the residents of New Zealand. He randomly selected one of the suburbs and then collected the data for the annual living expenses for all residents. Which of the sampling plans: simple random sampling, stratified random sampling or cluster sampling did the researcher use? What are the advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of the sampling plan used?

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A worker wanted to estimate the average annual living expenses for the residents of New Zealand. He randomly selected one of the suburbs and then collected the data for the annual living expenses for all residents.

Which of the sampling plans: simple random sampling, stratified random sampling or cluster sampling did the researcher use?

What are the advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of the sampling plan used?

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