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Name:

Janur
aD.Asi
mpen

NCM111/
L(4074)

1.Whati
ssl
ovi
nsf
ormul
a?

Whensampl i
ngapopul at
ion,thesl ov
insf ormulaisusedt odeterminet he
appropri
at esampl esi
ze(n) ,t
hegivenpopul at
ionsize(N),andamar gi nof
error(e)t oachieveacertainconfi
dencei nt
erval
.Slovi
n'sformul
aal l
owsa
resear
chert osampl et
hepopul at
ionwi t
ht hedesiredlev
elofaccuracy
, which
i
sespeci al
lyusefulwhent herei
si nsuff
icientinf
ormationaboutpopul ati
on
behaviors.

2.Whent
ousesl
ovi
nsf
ormul
a?

Touset heformul a,f


irstdeterminewhaty ourer r
oroftoleranceshoul dbe.For
i
nstance,whent akingasampl efrom apopul ati
on,aformul amustbeusedt o
accountforconfidencel evel
sandmar gi
nsofer r
or.Forexampl e,youmaybe
sati
sfi
edwi t
haconf i
dencel evelof95%( result
inginamar gi
nofer rorof0.05)
oryoumi ghtdemandt i
ghteraccuracyataconf i
dencelev elof98%( result
ing
i
namar ginoferrorof0. 02).Nextisto,f
il
loutt heformulausi ngy ourdata.In
thi
sexampl e,we'l
luseapopul ati
onsizeof1, 000anda95per centconfidence
l
evel.
Thenaf t
erget ti
ngt heresultsbyusingt heformula,iftheansweri sInaa
deci
malpoi ntyouneedt oroundy ouranswert oawhol enumber( because
youcan’tsampleaf r
actionofaper sonort hi
ng!).

3.
Howt
ousesl
ovi
nsf
ormul
aif
,N=800ande=0.
04?

n=Numberofsampl
es

N=Tot
alPopul
ati
on

e=Er
roroft
oler
ance(
mar
ginofer
ror
)

For
mul
a:n=N/
(1+Ne2)

n=800/(
1+800*
0.042)

n=800/(
1+800*
0.0016)
n=800/(
1+1.
28)

n=800/
2.28

n=350.
877or351

4.
Whati
sit
sadv
ant
agesanddi
sadv
ant
ages?(
giv
e5r
easonseach)

Adv
ant
age

 Ti
mesav
er

 Hel
pst
her
esear
chert
ocal
cul
ateal
argersi
zeofpopul
ati
on.

 Sav
esMoney

 Hel
pst
omi
nimi
zet
het
roubl
eofdi
stur
bingsomeone’
swor
k.

 Ithel
psar esear
cherdet
ermi
nehow bigofsampl
esi
zet
ouseand
easi
lydet
erminet
hepopul
ati
onbehav
ior
.

Di
sadv
ant
age

 Notef
fect
ivef
orasmal
l
ersi
zepopul
ati
on.

 I
tisi
mpossibl
etoesti
matestati
sti
calpower(
whichtel
lsyouhowl
i
kel
y
y
ourstudydi
sti
ngui
shesanactualeff
ectfr
om oneofchance)

 Lackofpr
eci
si
on.

 I
t’
suncl
earfr
om anyref
erencetext
sexact
lywhatt
he“
err
ort
oler
ance”
i
s(amean,orper
hapsaproport
ion?

 Nobodyseemstoknow whoSl ov
ini
sori
fheev
erexi
stedt
hat
'swhy
t
heformulai
sn'
twi
delyaccept
ed.

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