01-10-2011, 05:38 PM
Reference Sample & Sampling Terminology
Assignment No. 02 Marks: 20
“Patients’ attitude”
An NGO working for the welfare of the cancer patients wants to conduct a survey to measure
cancer patients’ attitude toward the doctor’s personality, behavior, competence, and prescribed
treatment, in the public hospitals of Lahore. A researcher has been hired for this purpose.
There are 10 hospitals in the city which are treating the cancer patients. Administrations of
seven famous hospitals in the city are ready to cooperate with researcher and provide him the
information about cancer patients admitted in the hospital. While the other three hospitals
refused to provide any information for some reasons. On the basis of the information provided
by 07 hospitals, he has a list of 500 cancer patients, admitted in these public hospitals of
Lahore.
The researcher decided to take a simple random sample of 150 patients for the survey. He
collected data by filling out a questionnaire from selected patients and analyzed the data to
draw conclusions.
Questions:
1. Identify the population in the given scenario? (5 Marks)
2. What is the Sampling Frame in the given Scenario? (5 Marks)
3. Identify the Sampling unit and Observation unit in the given scenario? (5 Marks)
4. What type of research is this? Descriptive, exploratory or explanatory (5 Marks)
Assignment No. 02 Marks: 20
“Patients’ attitude”
An NGO working for the welfare of the cancer patients wants to conduct a survey to measure
cancer patients’ attitude toward the doctor’s personality, behavior, competence, and prescribed
treatment, in the public hospitals of Lahore. A researcher has been hired for this purpose.
There are 10 hospitals in the city which are treating the cancer patients. Administrations of
seven famous hospitals in the city are ready to cooperate with researcher and provide him the
information about cancer patients admitted in the hospital. While the other three hospitals
refused to provide any information for some reasons. On the basis of the information provided
by 07 hospitals, he has a list of 500 cancer patients, admitted in these public hospitals of
Lahore.
The researcher decided to take a simple random sample of 150 patients for the survey. He
collected data by filling out a questionnaire from selected patients and analyzed the data to
draw conclusions.
Questions:
1. Identify the population in the given scenario? (5 Marks)
2. What is the Sampling Frame in the given Scenario? (5 Marks)
3. Identify the Sampling unit and Observation unit in the given scenario? (5 Marks)
4. What type of research is this? Descriptive, exploratory or explanatory (5 Marks)