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SAMPLING
POPULATION SAMPLE
The totality of subjects The
(people, animals, or portion/subset
objects) under chosen from a
consideration. population.
𝑵
𝒏=
𝟏 + 𝑵𝒆𝟐
Where
N is the population size
𝑒 is the margin of error
Example:
A researcher wants to study the academic performance in
Mathematics of students in a certain school. The school has a
population of 12, 000 students. If the researcher allows a margin
of error of 5%, how many students must he include in his
sample?
𝑁
𝑛=
1 + 𝑁𝑒 2
12, 000
𝑛=
1 + 12, 000(0.05)2
12, 000
𝑛=
1 + 12, 000(0.0025)
12, 000
𝑛=
31
𝑛 = 387.096
𝒏 ≈ 𝟑𝟖𝟕
RANDOM SAMPLING
➢ Refers to the sampling technique in which each member
of the population is given an equal chance to be chosen
as part of the samples.
PROBABILITY SAMPLING