Random Sampling Stats
Random Sampling Stats
POPULATION
The set of all possible values of a variable.
SAMPLE
It is a subset of population. It consists of one or more data drawn from
the population.
RANDOM SAMPLING
It is a sampling method of choosing representative from the population
wherein every sample has an equal chance of being selected. Accurate data
can be collected using random sampling techniques.
Example:
Identify the probability technique used in the following situations.
1. Supervisors are selected using random numbers in order to determine the
annual salaries.
2. Every 12th customer entering a mall is asked to select his or her favorite store.
3. A head nurse selects 10 patients from each floor of a hospital.
4. In a university, all teachers from three buildings are interviewed to determine
whether they believe the students have higher grades now than previous years.
2. How will you select a sample of 71 students in a group of 250 students using
the systematic sampling techniques?
3. You want to interview 200 students in your school to determine their opinion
on the new school uniform. How are you going to select your sample by using
stratified sampling if there are 1,200 students in grade seven; 1,100 in Grade
8; 1,050 in Grade 9; 940 in Grade 10; 900 in Grade 11, and 810 in Grade 12?
Activity
Identify the type of sampling technique used by the researcher in each of the
following situations.
1. The office clerk gave the researcher a list of 500 Grade 10 students. The
researcher selected every 20th name on the list.
3. A researcher interviewed people from each town in the province of Albay for
his research on population.