MAL 11 Sampling Design and Procedures

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Sampling:Design and Procedures


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Sample vs. CensusTable 11.1

Conditions Favoring the Use of

Type of Study

Sample Census

1. Budget

Small

Large

2. Time available

Short Long

3. Population size

Large Small

4. Variance in the characteristic

Small Large

5. Cost of sampling errors

Low High

6. Cost of nonsampling errors

High Low

7. Nature of measurement

Destructive Nondestructive

8. Attention to individual cases Yes No


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The Sampling Design Process

Fig.11

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Define the Population

Determine the Sampling Frame

Select Sampling Technique(s)

Determine the Sample Size

Execute the Sampling Process


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Define the Target Population

The target lationis the collection of elements orobjects that possess the information sought by the researcherand about which inferences are to be made.

The target population should be defined in terms of elements,sampling units, extent, and time.

1 An elementis the object about which or from which theinformation is desired, e.g., the respondent.

2 Asamplingnitis an element, or a unit containing theelement, that is available for selection at some stage of thesampling process.

3 Extentrefers to the geographical boundaries.

4 Time is the time period under consideration.


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Define the Target Population

Important qualitative factors in determining thesample size

the importance of the decision

the nature of the research the number of variables

the nature of the analysis

sample sizes used in similar studies

incidence rates

completion rates

resource constraints


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Sample Sizes Used in MarketingResearch Studies

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Type of Study

Minimum Size Typical Range

Problem identification research

(e.g. market potential)

500

1,000-2,500

Problem-solving research (e.g.

pricing)

200 300-500

Product tests

200 300-500

Test marketing studies

200 300-500

TV, radio, or print advertising (percommercial or ad tested)

150 200-300

Test-market audits

10 stores 10-20 stores

Focus groups

2 groups 4-12 groups


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Classification of Sampling Techniques

Fig. 11.2

Sampling Techniques

NonprobabilitySampling Techniques

ProbabilitySampling Techniques

Convenience

Sampling

Judgmental

Sampling

Quota

Sampling

Snowball

Sampling

Systematic

Sampling

Stratified

Sampling

Cluster

Sampling

Other SamplingTechniques

Simple RandomSampling


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Convenience Sampling

Conveniencesampling attempts to obtain asample of convenient elements. Often, respondentsare selected because they happen to be in the rightplace at the right time.

use of students, and members of socialorganizations

mall intercept interviews without qualifying therespondents

department stores using charge account lists

people on the street interviews


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Judgmental Sampling

Judgmental sampling is a form of conveniencesampling in which the population elements areselected based on the judgment of the researcher.

test markets purchase engineers selected in industrial

marketing research

bellwether precincts selected in voting behavior

research expert witnesses used in court


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Quota Sampling

Quotasampling may be viewed as two-stage restricted judgmentalsampling.

The first stage consists of developing control categories, or quotas,of population elements.

In the second stage, sample elements are selected based onconvenience or judgment.

Population Samplecomposition composition

ControlCharacteristic Percentage Percentage NumberSexMale 48 48 480Female 52 52 520

____ ____ ____100 100 1000


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Snowball Sampling

In snowball sampling, an initial group of respondentsis selected, usually at random.

After being interviewed, these respondents are askedto identify others who belong to the targetpopulation of interest.

Subsequent respondents are selected based on thereferrals.


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Simple Random Sampling

1 Each element in the population has a known andequal probability of selection.

2 Each possible sample of a given size (n) has a knownand equal probability of being the sample actuallyselected.

3 This implies that every element is selectedindependently of every other element.


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Systematic Sampling

1 The sample is chosen by selecting a random starting point and thenpicking every ith element in succession from the sampling frame.

2 The sampling interval, i, is determined by dividing the population sizeN by the sample size n and rounding to the nearest integer.

3 When the ordering of the elements is related to the characteristic ofinterest, systematic sampling increases the representativeness of thesample.

4 If the ordering of the elements produces a cyclical pattern, systematic

sampling may decrease the representativeness of the sample.

For example, there are 100,000 elements in the population and asample of1,000 is desired. In this case the sampling interval, i, is100. A random number between 1 and 100 is selected. If, forexample, this number is 23, the sample consists of elements 23, 123,

223, 323, 423, 523, and so on.


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Stratified Sampling

1 A two-step process in which the population is partitionedinto subpopulations, or strata.

2 The strata should be mutually exclusive and collectively

exhaustive in that every population element should beassigned to one and only one stratum and no populationelements should be omitted.

3Next, elements are selected from each stratum by arandom procedure, usually SRS.

4 A major objective of stratified sampling is to increaseprecision without increasing cost.


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Stratified Sampling

The elements within a stratum should be as homogeneous aspossible, but the elements in different strata should be asheterogeneous as possible.

The stratification variables should also be closely related to thecharacteristic of interest.

Finally, the variables should decrease the cost of thestratification process by being easy to measure and apply.

In proportionate stratified sampling, the size of the sampledrawn from each stratum is proportionate to the relative size ofthat stratum in the total population.

In disproportionate stratified sampling, the size of the samplefrom each stratum is proportionate to the relative size of thatstratum and to the standard deviation of the distribution of thecharacteristic of interest among all the elements in that stratum.


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Cluster Sampling

The target population is first divided into mutually exclusive andcollectively exhaustive subpopulations, or clusters.

Then a random sample of clusters is selected, based on aprobability sampling technique such as SRS.

For each selected cluster, either all the elements are included in

the sample (one-stage) or a sample of elements is drawnprobabilistically (two-stage).

Elements within a cluster should be as heterogeneous aspossible, but clusters themselves should be as homogeneous aspossible. Ideally, each cluster should be a small-scalerepresentation of the population.

In probabilityproportionatetosi e sampling, the clustersare sampled with probability proportional to size. In the secondstage, the probability of selecting a sampling unit in a selectedcluster varies inversely with the size of the cluster.


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Types of Cluster SamplingFig. 11.3 Cluster Sampling

One-StageSampling

MultistageSampling

Two-StageSampling

Simple ClusterSampling

ProbabilityProportionate

to Size Sampling


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Technique Strengths Weaknesses

Nonprobability SamplingConvenience sampling

Least expensive, leasttime-consuming, mostconvenient

Selection bias, sample notrepresentative, not recommended fordescriptive or causal research

Judgmental sampling Low cost, convenient,not time-consuming

Does not allow generalization,subjective

Quota sampling Sample can be controlled

for certain characteristics

Selection bias, no assurance of

representativenessSnowball sampling Can estimate rare

characteristicsTime-consuming

Probability samplingSimple random sampling(SRS)

Easily understood,results projectable

Difficult to construct samplingframe, expensive, lower precision,no assurance of representativeness.

Systematic sampling Can increase

representativeness,easier to implement thanSRS, sampling frame notnecessary

Can decrease representativeness

Stratified sampling Include all importantsubpopulations,precision

Difficult to select relevantstratification variables, not feasible tostratify on many variables, expensive

Cluster sampling Easy to implement, cost

effective

Imprecise, difficult to compute and

interpret results

Table 11.3

Strengths and Weaknesses ofBasic Sampling Techniques


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Procedures for Drawing Probability Samples

Fig. 11.4

Simple Random

Sampling

1. Select a suitable sampling frame

2. Each element is assigned a number from 1 to N(pop. size)

3. Generate n (sample size) different random numbersbetween 1 and N

4. The numbers generated denote the elements thatshould be included in the sample


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Procedures for DrawingProbability Samples

Fig. 11.4 cont. Systematic

Sampling

1. Select a suitable sampling frame

2. Each element is assigned a number from 1 to N (pop. size)

3. Determine the sampling interval i:i=N/n. If i is a fraction,round to the nearest integer

4. Select a random number, r, between 1 and i, as explained in

simple random sampling

5. The elements with the following numbers will comprise thesystematic random sample: r, r+i,r+2i,r+3i,r+4i,...,r+(n-1)i


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1. Select a suitable frame

2. Select the stratification variable(s) and the number of strata, H

3. Divide the entire population into H strata. Based on theclassification variable, each element of the population is assignedto one of the H strata

4. In each stratum, number the elements from 1 to Nh (the pop.size of stratum h)

5. Determine the sample size of each stratum, nh, based onproportionate or disproportionate stratified sampling, where

6. In each stratum, select a simple random sample of size nh


Fig. 11.4 cont.

nh = nh=1

H

Stratified

Sampling


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Fig. 11.4 cont.

Cluster

Sampling

1. Assign a number from 1 to N to each element in the population

2. Divide the population into C clusters of which c will be included inthe sample

3. Calculate the sampling interval i, i=N/c (round to nearest integer)4. Select a random number r between 1 and i, as explained in simple

random sampling

5. Identify elements with the following numbers:r,r+i,r+2i,... r+(c-1)i

6. Select the clusters that contain the identified elements7. Select sampling units within each selected cluster based on SRS

or systematic sampling

8. Remove clusters exceeding sampling interval i. Calculate newpopulation size N*, number of clusters to be selected C*= C-1,

and new sampling interval i*.


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Procedures for Drawing Probability Samples

Repeat the process until each of the remaining

clusters has a population less than the

sampling interval. If b clusters have beenselected with certainty, select the remaining c-

b clusters according to steps 1 through 7. The

fraction of units to be sampled with certainty is

the overall sampling fraction = n/N. Thus, for

clusters selected with certainty, we wouldselect ns=(n/N)(N1+N2+...+Nb) units. The units

selected from clusters selected under PPS

sampling will therefore be n*=n- ns.

ClusterSampling

Fig. 11.4 cont.


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Choosing Nonprobability vs.Probability Sampling

Conditionsavoringtheseof

actors

onprobabilitysampling

robabilitysampling

atureofresearch

Exploratory

Conclusive

Relativemagnitudeofsamplingandnonsamplingerrors

onsamplingerrorsarelarger

amplingerrorsarelarger

Variability inthepopulation

omogeneous(low)

eterogeneous(high)

tatistical considerations

nfavorable avorable

Operational considerations avorable nfavorable

Table 11.4 cont.


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Tennis' Systematic Sampling Returns a Smash

Tennis magazine conducted a mail survey of its subscribersto gain a better understanding of its market. Systematicsampling was employed to select a sample of1,472subscribers from the publication's domestic circulation list. Ifwe assume that the subscriber list had 1,472,000 names, the

sampling interval would be 1,000 (1,472,000/1,472). Anumber from 1 to 1,000 was drawn at random. Beginningwith that number, every 1,000th subscriber was selected.

A brand-new dollar bill was included with the questionnaire

as an incentive to respondents. An alert postcard wasmailed one week before the survey. A second, follow-up,questionnaire was sent to the whole sample ten days afterthe initial questionnaire. There were76 post office returns,so the net effective mailing was 1,396. Six weeks after thefirst mailing, 778 completed questionnaires were returned,

yielding a response rate of56%.

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