how do you wok out stratified sampling with fractions involved
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the sample size for each layer is worked out using this formula:
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a stratisfied sample is sampling different 'layers' for example, take samples from different age group with each age group being a 'layer'
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sample size for each layer = (size of layer/ size of population) x size of whole sample
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For example you might be asked to take a stratified sample of 50 children in a whole school so in order to make sure that you get a proportionate number of students in each year in the sample you would have to use the formula
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So let's say there are 1000 children in the school and 150 children in year 7
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150 is the size of the layer, 1000 is the size of the whole population and 50 is the size of the sample
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So using the formula above we would take (150/1000) x 50 = 7.5. You would probably round this up to 8 students for this year group (normally questions don't end up with answers having decimal places, I just didn't think the question through when I started!)
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