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CH 9
CH 9
CHAPTER-9
SAMPLING CONSIDERATIONS
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Sampling Concepts
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Population: Population refers to any group of people or objects that form
the subject of study in a particular survey and are similar in one or more ways.
Element: An element comprises a single member of the population. Sampling frame: Sampling frame comprises all the elements of a
population with proper identification that is available to us for selection at any stage of sampling.
Sample: It is a subset of the population. It comprises only some elements
of the population.
Sampling unit: A sampling unit is a single member of the sample. Sampling: It is a process of selecting an adequate number of elements
from the population so that the study of the sample will not only help in understanding the characteristics of the population but will also enable us to generalize the results.
Census (or complete enumeration): An examination of each and every
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study of a sample instead of complete enumeration may, at times, produce more reliable results.
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not a representative of the population but because of other reasons. Some of these reasons are listed below:
The error can arise while transferring the data from the questionnaire to the
There can be errors at the time of coding, tabulation and computation. Population of the study is not properly defined Respondent may refuse to be part of the study. There may be a sampling frame error.
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Sampling Design
Probability Sampling Design - Probability sampling designs are used in conclusive research. In a probability sampling design, each and every element of the population has a known chance of being selected in the sample. Types of Probability Sampling Design
Simple random sampling with replacement Simple random sampling without replacement Systematic sampling Stratified random sampling Cluster sampling
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Sampling Design
Non-probability Sampling Designs - In case of non-probability sampling design, the elements of the population do not have any known chance of being selected in the sample. Types of Non-Probability Sampling Design
Convenience sampling Judgemental sampling Snowball sampling Quota sampling
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giving any explicit consideration to the accuracy of the sample results or the cost of sampling.
The total budget for the field survey in a project proposal is
allocated.
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measured by the population standard deviation, larger will be the size of the sample.
The confidence attached to the estimate: Higher the confidence
the researcher wants for the estimate, larger will be sample size. research seeks, larger would be the size of the sample.
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Where
n = Sample size = Population standard deviation e = Margin of error Z = The value for the given confidence interval
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