Seeking help in determining sample size incase of large population

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Rachna Arora

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Feb 9, 2021, 7:07:42 AM2/9/21
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Respected Sir and group members,

I have a query in lieu of sample size determination.If we have large population let's say IT sector professionals who belong to Gen Y category(Millennials) across India then how can we determine sample size for the same.

Kindly help.
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Rachna Arora
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Ravneet Kaur

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Feb 9, 2021, 7:20:01 AM2/9/21
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Apply Cochran formula

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Mir Mudasir

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Feb 9, 2021, 7:30:12 AM2/9/21
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There are various ways for determining the appropriate sample size.
It depends upon number of factors:
1. Population type ------- Infinite population or finite population
2. Type of scale --- 5 point Likert scale or 7 point likert scale
3 Alpha level (5%) for social sciences
4. Acceptable margin of error which is 5% for categorical data and 3%
for continuous data;

Now there can be 4 possible cases that actually will decide the
appropriate sample size
1. Infinite population (Continuous Data) ---- 5 point Likert scale or
7 point likert scale
For this case for 5 point Likert scale minimum sample size is 2964

2 Infinite population (Categorical Data)
For this case the minimum sample size is 384

3.Finite population (Continuous Data) ---- 5 point Likert scale or 7
point likert scale
For this case (say n= 10,000) for 5 point Likert scale minimum sample
size is 2945

4.Finite population (Categorical Data)
For this case the minimum sample size is 370
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Rachna Arora

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Feb 9, 2021, 10:19:17 PM2/9/21
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Thank you very much Ravneet ma'am.Can you name any paper/source which can be used as a reference for cochran formula?

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Rachna Arora

Rachna Arora

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Feb 9, 2021, 10:19:17 PM2/9/21
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Thank you very much Mudasir sir for your reply but I need reference for using the same If you could suggest.

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Rachna Arora

Mir Mudasir

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