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Sampling Design: Sampling Techniques, Central Limit Theorem and Sample Size
Sampling Design: Sampling Techniques, Central Limit Theorem and Sample Size
Sampling Techniques,
Central Limit Theorem
and
Sample Size
Compiled by Dr Rajesh Devasia
Basic Concepts
Population:
of interest
Sample: a portion, a part, or a subset of the
population
Population element: An individual member of
a population
Concepts
Census:
Sampling
of sample results
Destructive nature of certain tests
Physical impossibility
Types
Pictorial Classification
Advantages
Disadvantages
Advantages
Disadvantages
Periodic ordering
Requires sampling frame
Advantages
Disadvantages
Cluster sampling
A
Cluster sampling
Advantages
Disadvantages
Judgment or Purposive
Sample
The
Disadvantages
Quota Sample
The
Disadvantages
Snowball sampling
The
Disadvantages
Sampling Error
The
The
Sample Size
3
factors to be considered
Variance or heterogeneity of population (S)
The magnitude of acceptable error (E)
Confidence level (Z)
Means :
Proportions :
n = (ZS/E) 2
n = Z2 pq/ E2