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    Sample Size Thru Slovin's PDF

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    Slovin's formula allows researchers to calculate the needed sample size to survey a population with a desired level of accuracy and confidence. The formula uses the total population size (N), desired error tolerance (e), and calculates the number of samples (n) needed. For example, if surveying a population of 2,500 students with a 5% margin of error, the needed sample size is 345. The formula provides a way for researchers to get accurate results when surveying the entire population is not feasible.

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    Slovin's formula allows researchers to calculate the needed sample size to survey a population with a desired level of accuracy and confidence. The formula uses the total population size (N), desired error tolerance (e), and calculates the number of samples (n) needed. For example, if surveying a population of 2,500 students with a 5% margin of error, the needed sample size is 345. The formula provides a way for researchers to get accurate results when surveying the entire population is not feasible.

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    Slovin's formula allows researchers to calculate the needed sample size to survey a population with a desired level of accuracy and confidence. The formula uses the total population size (N), desired error tolerance (e), and calculates the number of samples (n) needed. For example, if surveying a population of 2,500 students with a 5% margin of error, the needed sample size is 345. The formula provides a way for researchers to get accurate results when surveying the entire population is not feasible.

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    SLOVIN’S FORMULA

    • If you take a population sample, you must use a


    formula to figure out what sample size you need
    to take. If a sample is taken from a population, a
    formula must be used to take into account
    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.
    • When it is not possible to study an entire
    population (such as the population of the
    Philippines), a smaller sample is taken using a
    random sampling technique. Slovin's formula
    allows a researcher to sample the population
    with a desired degree of accuracy.
    Slovin’s Formula…

    • It gives the researcher an idea of how large his sample


    size needs to be to ensure a reasonable accuracy of
    results.

    • That’s when you can use Slovin’s formula to figure out


    what sample size you need to take, which is written as
    n = N / (1 + Ne2)
    • where
    • n = Number of samples,
    • N = Total population
    • e = Error tolerance
    SLOVIN’S FORMULA…
    • Sample Calculation:
    1. A group of students want to know the age of
    students in a high school but do not have the resources
    to survey an entire population of 2,500. If they want to
    use a sample with a 5% margin of error, what should
    their sample size be?
    Given:
    N = 2,500
    e = 5% = 0.05
    Required: n = ?
    Solution:
    n = N / ( 1 + (N*e^2))
    n = 2500 / ( 1 + (2500*.05^2))
    n = 2500 / 7.25
    n = 344.83 ~ 345
    SLOVIN’S FORMULA…
    2. What sample of a population of 1,000 people you
    need to take for a survey on their soda preferences.

    Step 1: Figure out what you want your confidence


    level to be. For example, you may be happy with a
    confidence level of 95 percent (which will give you a
    margin of error of 0.05), or you may require a
    tighter or better accuracy at the 98 percent
    confidence level (which produces a margin of error
    of 0.02).
    SLOVIN’S FORMULA…

    Step 2. Plug your data into the formula. In this


    example, we’ll use a 95 percent confidence level
    with a population size of 1,000.
    n = N / (1 + N e2)
    1,000 / (1 + 1000 * 0.05 2)
    285.714286
    SLOVIN’S FORMULA…

    Step 3: Round your answer to a whole


    number (because you can’t sample a fraction of
    a person or thing!)
    285.714286 = 286
    SLOVIN’S FORMULA…

    "A researcher plans to get 588 sample units


    from population N using a 4% margin of error.
    What is the value of N?"
    SAMPLE SIZE
    SAMPLE SIZE DEPENDS ON DIFFERENT FACTORS:
    1. COST & TIME CONSTRAINT
    2. DEGREE OF PRECISION NEEDED
    a. LARGER SAMPLES WILL PROVIDE MORE PRECISED
    ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION PARAMETER
    b. MORE HETEROGENEOUS POPULATION REQUIRE
    LARGER SAMPLE SIZE
    c. THE LARGER THE SAMPLE , THE MORE NARROW
    THE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
    d. THE MORE REPRESENTATIVE THE SAMPLE,THE
    MORE VALID THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE SURVEY

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