Answer to Question #238869 in Management for Mary Suganob

Question

Suppose you wanted to determine the perception of students in the University of Santo Tomas regarding the visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines last January 15-19, 2015. If UST has a population of 9, 250 

students, using random sampling method, how many samples will be taken from this university using the formula set at .05 degree of error?

Answer 1

1. Validity and reliability are two important factors to consider when developing and testing any instrument (e.g., content assessment test, questionnaire) for use in a study. Attention to these considerations helps to insure the quality of your measurement and of the data collected for your study.
2.  Sampling yields significant research result since it is the representation of the entire population study. Sampling saves money by allowing researchers to gather the same answers from a sample that they would receive from the population. Non-random sampling is significantly cheaper than random sampling, because it lowers the cost associated with finding people and collecting data from them.