Q5. ABC Bank has 100,000 customers.
The management wishes to draw a sample of 200
customers.
(a) Identify the population and sampling frame that could be used.
(b) Which sampling technique would you recommend? Why?
Target Population:
All Australian, household and business customers of ABC Bank branches in NSW as of 1
July 2016
Sampling Frame:
ABC Bank’s Sampling Frame would be a list of all customers (all age groups and other
demographics) at all ABC Bank’s branches across NSW.
Sampling Technique:
I would recommend the Simple Random Sampling technique. It is extremely easy to
undertake. ABC Bank has a finite number of customers. All their names/details are known. It
is feasible to randomly draw an x number of customer names for research purposes. Since
the question does not specify any particular segment to focus on, a Simple Random
sampling technique could easily be used.