Which of the following is not true about cluster sampling?

Cluster sampling saves time and money by selecting groups rather than sampling individuals across the whole population. The clusters should be miniature, nonoverlapping versions of the population, and a common method randomly selects clusters and includes everyone in them. It does not necessarily reduce sampling variability; selecting whole clusters can make the sample less representative than a simple random sample, so A is not true.

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