Quarter 3: Week 6

(Slovin’s)

INQUIRIES,
PREPARED BY: KRISTINE JOY A.
INVESTIGATIONS, AND MAMASIG

IMMERSION Subject Teacher

SLOVIN'S
FORMULA
• Slovin’s formula is used to
calculate the sample size (n)
given the population size (N) and
a margin of error (e). It is a
random sampling technique
formula to estimate sampling size
and is computed as:
• n = N / (1+Ne2)
n = N / (1+Ne2) whereas:
n = no. of samples
N = total population
e = error margin / margin of error
When to use Slovin's formula?
• If a sample is taken from a population, a formula must be used to
consider confidence levels and margins of error. When taking
statistical samples, sometimes, a lot is known about a population,
sometimes a little and sometimes nothing at all. For example, we
may know that a population is normally distributed (e.g., for
heights, weights, or IQs), we may know that there is a bimodal
distribution (as often happens with class grades in mathematics
classes) or we may have no idea about how a population is going to
behave (such as polling college students to get their opinions about
quality of student’s life). Slovin's formula is used when nothing
about the behavior of a population is known at all.
How to use Slovin's formula?
• To use the formula, first figure out what you want your
error of tolerance would be. For example, you may be
happy with a confidence level of 95 percent (giving a
margin error of 0.05), or you may require a tighter
accuracy of a 98 percent confidence level (a margin of
error of 0.02). Plug your population size and the
required margin of error into the formula. The result
will be the number of samples you need to take.
Example:

• In research methodology,
• for example N=1000 and e=0.05
n = 1000 / (1 + 1000 * 0.052)
n = 1000 / (1 + 1000 * .0025)
n = 1000 / 3.5
n = 285.71 or 286
• Example: A researcher plans to conduct a survey. If the
population on High City is 1,000,000. Find the sample size
if the margin of error is 5%.
• First: Convert the margin of error 5% by dividing it to 100.
• Given: N = 1,000,000 e = 5% = 0.05
• Solution: n = 1,000,000 / (1 + 1,000,000 * 0.052)
• n = 1,000,000 / (1 + 1,000,000 * 0.0025)
• n = 1,000,000 / (1 + 2,500)
• n = 1,000,000 / 2,501
• n = 399.84 or 400
Slovin’s formula in finding the sample size of the population

Where:
n = a sample size
N = population size
e = desired margin of error

Where:
n = a sample size
N = 9000
e = 0.022
It’s your turn!
It’s your turn!
• Suppose that you have a group of 1,000 city government employees and
you want to survey them to find out which tools are best suited to their
jobs. You decide that you are happy with a margin of error of 0.05. Using
Slovin's formula, you would be required to survey n = N / (1 + Ne2)
people:
GIVEN: SOLUTION: ANSWER: 286
N= 1000 1,000 / (1 + (1,000( *0.05 * 0.05))
E= 0.05 1,000/(1+(1,000 *0.0025))
1,000/1+2.5
1,000/ 3.5
Activity:
1. Get the sample (n) size of a study among a total population (N) of 1300 Grade 11 students enrolled in the
STEM track of a public school. How many respondents are needed using 2% margin of error (e)? Write your
solution on a separate sheet of paper.
• Given:
• N = 1300 e = 2%
• Solution:
Solution:
Activity:
2. Leechelle and Rhowena are conducting a survey study on the
level of awareness of senior high school students of INCAT on
CoVid-19. Get the total sample of the study with a margin of
error of 3% if Grade 11 has a total population of 1780 and Grade
12 has a total population of 1750. Copy the table below.
Solution
• n = N / (1+Ne2)
Any
Question?
Short quiz on next meeting
• Coverage: research design and slovin’s formula (computation)
Thank You!