STRATIFIED SAMPLING

MEANING

STRATIFIED SAMPLING IS
A TWO STEP PROCESS.

POPULATION IS PARTITIONED
INTO SUB POPULATIONS
KNOWN AS STRATA.

NEXT ELEMENTS ARE SELECTED

FROM EACH STRATUM USING
SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING.
STEPS IN STRATIFIED SAMPLING
I. SELECT A SUITABLE SAMPLE FRAME.

SAMPLE FRAME IS REPRESENTATION OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE

TARGET POPULATION.

FOR EXAMPLE : IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF STUDENTS

HAVING LAPTOPS IN A CLASS WE FIRST SELECT THE SAMPLE FRAME.

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II. SELECT THE STRATIFICATION VARIABLES AND THE NUMBER OF
STRATA.

IN THIS EXAMPLE WE HAVE DIVIDED THE TARGET POPULATION

INTO TWO STRATA ON THE BASIS OF HOMOGENITY.

STRATA 1 STRATA 2

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III. DETERMINE THE SAMPLE SIZE AND USE SIMPLE RANDOM
SAMPLING IN EACH STRATUM.

NOW IN THIS EXAMPLE A SAMPLE SIZE OF SIX HAS BEEN

CONSIDERED AND BY USING SRS TECHNIQUE 3 SAMPLE ARE
SELECTED FROM EACH OF THE STRATUM.

STRATA 1 STRATA 2

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6 7 8 9 10 16 17 18 19 20