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Exercise 2.1
Sampling Data
Solve for what is asked in each question. Show your given and solution.
1. How many sample units must be obtained from 7,000 employees, if 10% margin of error is used?
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2. Find the margin of error of the research conducted by DOST about the people affected by the
Mayon Volcano eruption if a sample off 1875 people is used over a population of 22,750.
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Exercise 2.2
Sampling Technique
Solve for what is asked in each question. Show your given and solution.
1. In a population of 30,000 Chinoy , the researcher wants to select 315 samples to be interviewed. If
the researcher aims an 85% precision, and wants to use the systematic sampling, every kth individual
must be taken from the population. Find k.
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2. Determine the number of samples that can be selected from a population of 17,500 people if every
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Exercise 2.3
1. Find the sample size required from a population of 10,000, given a margin of error of 5%. Use
Sloven’s formula.
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2. Distribute the sample size obtained in item 1 as classified to the following strata:
Class A 500
Class B 2,500
Class C 3,000
Class D 4,000
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Exercise 2.4
Assume you are a member of the Family Research Council and have become increasingly concerned
about the drug use by professional sports players. You set up a plan and conduct a survey on how
people
believe the American culture (television, movies, magazines, and popular music) influences illegal drug
use. Your survey consists of 2250 adults and adolescents from around the country. A consumer groups
petitions you for more information about your survey. Answer the following questions about your
survey.
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The type of survey that I used was through Phone because through this formation we can analysis the N
number of populations.
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the surveying methods you did not use?
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The advantages of the surveying methods that I did not used like mail was it was easy to send and it was
so private that the only responder might get it. Also, in an interview we can briefly explain and ask some
questions in our responders.
The disadvantages of the surveying method like mail were so difficult because other respondents might
not receive it. Also, because the Interview was so difficult this time and because of the pandemic it was
prohibited to have a conversation face to face.
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I used ordinal data on a scale of 1 to 5. The scores were 1 strongly disagree, 2 disagree, 3 neutral, 4
agree, 5 strongly agree.
4. Did you use a random method for deciding who would be in your sample?
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To include people from each state, I used a stratified random sample, collecting data randomly from
each of the area codes and telephone exchanges available.
6. Why was that method more appropriate for this type of data collection?
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This method allowed me to make sure that I had representation from each area of the United States.
7. If a convenience sample were obtained consisting of only adolescents, how would the results of
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Convenience samples may not be representative of the population, and a convenience sample of
adolescents would probably differ greatly from the general population with regard to the influence of
American culture on illegal drug use