FORMULATING A STATISTICAL

MINI-RESEARCH
Learning Objectives:
After going trough this WLAS, you, the learner, are expected to formulate
a statistical mini-research. Specially, you will be able to:

1. Creates a question
2. Identifies a sampling
survey that collects some
method.
form of numerical data.

4. Organize the
3. Conducts a survey.
data collected.
Key
Concepts

Survey – research is a process of conducting research used when the

researcher intends to provide a quantitative or numeric description of
trends, attitudes or opinions of populations. The data collected from the
survey is then statistically analyzed to draw meaningful research
conclusions.
Example
s:
1. You want to find out the most preferred P-pop Group ( Alamat,
BGYO, SB190) by your classmates.
2. You want to determine the most watched TV program in the
neighborhood.
3. What is the performance in mathematics among the G10 students in
Respondents or Participants are the individuals involved in the survey. They
are chosen through Sampling. They are also called as sample.
Sample (n) is the selection of participants for a research to represent the total
population (N).
Sampling is the formal process of choosing the correct sample from the
population to participate in the study or survey.

Kinds of
Sampling.
1. Probability Sampling
- Sampling process wherein each sample of the population has the
equal chance of section under a given sampling technique.
- Kinds of Probability
Sampling Probability
Kin Sampling
Definitio Exampl
d n e
The most frequent type of In a class, team members are
Random sampling characterized by the chosen by putting all the
Sampling (Fish idea that the chance of names in a glass and then
Bowl or Lottery selection is the same for every names of members for the
Method) element in the population. different teams are drawn.

A random sampling that follows A survey on the most

specific steps and procedures. It preferred ball games by the
Systematic requires the list of elements and the
students. Say the nth element
Random nth element is drawn for inclusion
in the sample. is 10. So, every 10th (10th,
Sampling
20th 30th, etc.) student in the
Nth element is determined by N/n class is the participant.
or the sample ratio
- Kinds of Probability
Sampling Probability
Kin Sampling
Definitio Exampl
d n e
In this type of sampling, the A survey on the most preferred
Stratified samples are obtained from the ball games by students
mutually exclusive categories
Random based on the variables of your
Participants are obtained by
Sampling study. The population is divided grade level and in each grade
into subpopulation called level students are randomly
strata. chosen.

This technique is
commonly used for large
Selection of participants
Cluster scale surveys wherein the
by region, island, town.
Sampling participants of the study is
spread across geographical
location.
SLOVIN’S FORMULA
- is used to calculate the sample size (n) given the population
size (N) and a margin of error (e).  

SLOVIN’S
FORMULA
n = N / (1 + Ne2)

n = sample size
N = population size
e = margin of
error
Step 1: Figure out what you want your confidence level
to be.

Confidence level of 95%

(Giving you an alpha level of 0.05)

100% - 95% = 5% or 0.05

Confidence level of 98% =

0.02
Step 2: Plug your data into the
formula.

In this example, we’ll use a 95% confidence level with a population size of
1,000.

Margin of error (e) =

0.05 N = 1,000
Step 3: Round your answer to a whole
number.
285.714286 = 286