Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Collecting Data
Primary Sources
first-hand data information from personal interviews
Secondary Sources
data from books, encyclopedia, journals, magazines and research or studies conducted by other individuals
this method of gathering data is perhaps the most reliable because this is enforced by law
Examples: birth and death rates National Statistics Office (NSO) number of registered cars Land Transportation Office (LTO) list of registered voters Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
N n 2 1 Ne
where: n = sample size
N = population size
e = margin of error
N n 1 Ne 2
n 99.01 99
N n 2 1 Ne
10000 n 2 1 10000 .05
n 384.62 385