Research Methodology

7 a. Identify the population and sampling frame that could be used.

Ans a). The target population for this is the large scale industry who deals in
steal and fabricators work. Construction industry can also use this. There can
be a questions like do have any current power press? Are you using any press
right now? What are the ongoing projects of your company and What are the
projects requirement for steel press.

b. Describe how a simple random sample can be drawn using the identified
sampling frame.

Ans. B) A simple random sample can be used while sampling Questions frame.
It will help to show the sample and to answer any query to the customers. It will
also be a proof of work to shown.

c. Could a stratified sample be used? If so, how?

Ans c) No stratified sample can not be used in this case. Stratified sampling is a
method of sampling from a population. But in this case we have to choose
among the few selected industries.

d. Could a cluster sample be used? If so, how?

Ans d) Yes cluster sample can be used in this case. Cluster sampling is a
sampling technique used when natural groupings are evident in a statistical
population. The technique works best when most of the variation in the
population is within the groups, not between them.

e. Which sampling technique would you recommend? Why?

Ans e) I will go with Systematic sampling. It is often used instead of random

sampling. It is also called an Nth name selection technique. After the required
sample size has been calculated, every Nth record is selected from a list of
population members. As long as the list does not contain any hidden order, this
sampling method is as good as the random sampling method. Its only advantage
over the random sampling technique is simplicity. Systematic sampling is
frequently used to select a specified number of records from a computer file.