Southern Leyte State University

Southern Leyte, Philippines

From Population to Sample

Question? How many should I get as a sample from a population?

Answer 1: Using Slovin’s Formula

N
Sample Size (n) 
(1  Ne2 )

Requirements: You should know the number of Population

You should set e (margin of error) = 1 – level of confident

Answer 2: Z-score method

( Z  score ) 2 * stdev * (1  stdev)

Sample Size (n) =
(e) 2

Where e = margin of error

Z-score: 90% – Z Score = 1.645
95% – Z Score = 1.96
99% – Z Score = 2.576

Note: The population N is not known