You are interested in examining the primary objectives of first year public speaking instruction at public four-year colleges in the United States. Using multi-stage cluster sampling, describe how you might collect a random sample of teaching objectives for public speaking classes at public universities in the U.S

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Answers are likely to outline the following steps that can serve as an example to compare essays to:
(1) Using simple random sampling select a sample of states in the U.S.
(2) Using simple random sampling select a sample of public four-year colleges that have a public speaking requirement for first-year students.