A study is to be conducted among the youth population of a certain locality, to

determine the proportion of young people who would be in favor of a new recreation area. The
the number of young people in that population is 3500. Determine the necessary sample size.
to estimate the proportion of students who are in favor, with an estimation error of
0.07 and a confidence level of 98%.
N=3500 young people

E=0.07

Z=98%
P=50% (It is assumed)

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The required sample size is 255 young people.

2. A survey is to be conducted to determine the proportion of families who lack

economic means to address health issues. There is an impression that this
The proportion is close to 0.61. An estimation error of 0.04 and a level of desired...
95% confidence. What size should the sample be for the study?

E=0.04

Z=95%

P=0.61

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The required sample size is 272 families.

3. A market research agency selects 900 families through sampling.

And calculate that the estimated proportion that uses a certain type of detergent is 0.35. What
Is it the estimated standard error? Yes, a 95% confidence level has been used.

n=900 families

P=0.35

Z=95%

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The estimated standard error is 0.032

4. It is desired to know the average monthly expenditure on copies made by the 6000 students.
from UCV and it is decided to select a sample knowing that in the professional school of
administration recorded a standard deviation of 7.5 soles and uses a level of
95% confidence with an error of 2 soles

N= 6000 students

S=7.5 soles

Z=95%

E=2 soles

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The sample must consist of 55 students

5. In a study conducted at the Barrick mine, it was found that the average number of overtime hours
per worker is 3.3 hours with a variance of 4.18 hours². If this year it has
with 120 workers, who register their overtime on control cards. Determine
the sample size needed to estimate the average daily overtime with a
20% error of the average and a 95% confidence

4.18

N=120

E=20%

Z=95%

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n=92.56205816843668291423222182769

The sample size must be 93 workers.

6. It is desired to estimate the proportion of young people in the city of Trujillo who make use of
Internet for at least one hour a day with 95% confidence. From previous studies, it is
It is known that P=0.70 and an E=5% is desired. Assuming N=1500. What should the size be?
for sample?

Z=95%

P=0.70

E=5%

N=1500

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n=265.70955040538083665405130520245

The sample size must be 266 young people.

7. It is desired to estimate the proportion of the population that agrees with the current management.
of the congress of the republic, with a maximum error of ±0.5% and a confidence level of 95%.
For similar studies, it is believed that the proportion will be close to 1%. What will be the size of
required sample?

E=0.5%

Z=95%

P=1%

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n=23.7699

The required sample size is 24.

8. the director of the Department of Environment of the city of Trujillo wishes to obtain
a sample of the records of the number of non-compliance cases reported during the year
previously, in order to estimate the average number of non-compliance cases, a sample is desired with
a 95% certainty, with a 5% error. Based on previous studies, it is known that
this average is 25 and the standard deviation is 5 what size should be
sample?

Z=95%

E=5%
S=5

The sample size must be 38,416 cases of noncompliance.

9. The manager of the restaurant 'El Romano' wants to know what proportion of his
Tourist clients are dissatisfied with the services received during their stay at
Trujillo. What size should the sample be if E=0.05, confidence level of
95% and no other information is available?

E=0.05

Z=95%

P = 50% (assumed)

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n=384.16
The sample size must be 385 Client-Tourists

10. To obtain a sample of students from a school to apply a survey to them, the
The first thing to do is to announce it to all the students. A list of the students is obtained.
Enrolled students are assigned a number in alphabetical and ascending order.
Assuming that the total number of students is 700, the numbers 001, 002, 003, ..., 700 are used.
The sample size is determined, in this case, it is size 75. Next, a
table of random numbers forming three-digit numbers accepting as unit of
analysis shows all those who are between 001 and 700.

N=700 students

n=75

P=50%

Z=95%

E=?

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A representative of the ministry of education wishes to conduct a study on skills.

social studies for the students of Antonio Raimondi school, for that, he found out that the school
houses 1800 students distributed from 1st to 6th grade, he needs to take a sample of
each stratum, which is distributed as follows: 1st grade: 400 students, 2nd grade:
380, 3rd grade: 320, 4th grade: 295, 5th grade: 250, and 6th grade: 155 students. Find a
sample for each stratum using a maximum error of 5%

N=1800 students

E=5%

P=50%

Z=95%

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n= 316.73720661792997306656406310119
The sample must be 317 students.

The stratified sample is as follows:

1° grado: 400*317/1800 = = 71

2° grado: 380*317/1800 = 67

3° grado: 320*317/1800 = = 56

4° grado: 295*317/1800 = = 52

5° grado: 250*317/1800 = = 44

6° grado: 155*317/1800 = = 27

12. The Regional Health Directorate DIRESA-Trujillo is conducting research on

of the weight behavior of children in the city of Trujillo and see if it presents a plan for
health to improve this latent factor of low weight. As the variance is unknown, it
obtains a pilot sample of 20 children whose weights are:

14.8, 14.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.0, 15.2, 15.3, 14.2, 15.2, 15.5, 15.6, 16.4, 14.8, 15.1, 15.8, 16.1, 14.5,
15.3, 14.9, 15.9

Determine the appropriate sample size with 95% confidence and an error
tolerable of 1% regarding the average
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The sample must consist of 4184 children

13. An amount, often of interest to a clinic, is the percentage of patients

delayed for their vaccination. Some clinics examine each record to determine the
porcentaje; sin embargo, en una clínica grande, la realización de un censo de los registros
it can take a lot of time. Cullen (1994) took a sample of the 580 children he gives
service a family clinic in Auckland to estimate the proportion of interest. What
sample size would be necessary with a simple random sample to estimate the
proportion with 95% confidence and a margin of error of 0.10?

N=580

Z=95%

E=0.10

P=50%

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The sample would be of 83 children.

14. A study aims to determine what proportion of children in a region drink
Incaparina for breakfast. If it is known that there are 1500 children and we want to have a precision
of 10%, with a significance level of 5%. What size should the sample be?

N=1500

E=10%

Z=95%

P=50%

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The sample must consist of 91 children.

15. A cattle ranch has 2,000 cows. They are of different breeds: 853 of A, 512 of B, 321 of C, 204
from D and 110 from E. We want to extract a sample of 120:

a) How many should be chosen from each breed for the sampling to be stratified with allocation
proportional?

We call n1 the number of cows we must choose from breed A, n2 from breed B, n3 from breed C, n4
from D and n5 to E.
It must be fulfilled that:

n1= 853/2000*120

n2=512/2000*120

n3=321/2000*120

n4=204/2000*120

n5=110/2000*120

Thus, we obtain:

n1 = 51,18

n2 = 30,72

n3 = 19,26

n4 = 12,24

n5 = 6,6

The integer part of these numbers is summed:

51 + 30 + 19 + 12 + 6 = 118. 2 are missing to reach 120.

b) How should the selection within each stratum be?

Therefore, we must choose:
51 cows of breed A, 31 cows of breed B, 19 of breed C, 12 of breed D, and 7 of breed E

16. A manufacturer of elastics wants to study their breaking strength. To do this, he stretches them.
until they break and records the degree of stretching they reach without breaking.

Can this stretch be performed on the population or is it essential to perform it on the

sample? Why?

It is essential to do it on a sample, because it is important to break the least amount of

possible elastics.

In a certain province, there are four districts, C1, C2, C3, and C4, with a total of 1,500,000.
census individuals. Of them, 300,000 reside in C1, 450,000 in C2, and 550,000 in C3. It is wanted
conduct a study on the eating habits in that province based on a
sample of 3,000 people.

a) What kind of sampling should we perform if we want the resulting sample to...
Is there representation from all the regions?

Stratified random sampling is carried out

b) How many people should be selected in each region, taking into account reasons
of proportionality?

We calculate the number of people residing in C4 is:

1500000–(300000 + 450000 + 550000) = 200000

We call n1, n2, n3, and n4 the number of people that we would have to select in each
region (C1, C2, C3, and C4, respectively). Then:

n1= 300000/1500000*3000

n2=450000/1500000*3000

n3=550000/1500000*3000

n4=200000/1500000*3000

Therefore, we must choose:

n1 = 600 people of C1

n2 = 900 people of C2

n3 = 1100 people from C3

n4 = 400 people from C4

c) How would you select the people in each region?

Through simple random sampling or systematic sampling.

18. We want to select a sample of 50 students from the 2nd cycle of the degree in
Administration. In each of the following cases, you must decide whether the sampling should be
simple random or stratified by gender to study the indicated variables:
a) Height

At that age, there are usually significant differences in height. Sampling must be
stratified in this case

b) Time that students take to go from their home to the university

There are few significant differences. The sampling should be simple random in this case.

c) Visual acuity

There are few significant differences. The sampling should be simple random in this case.

d) Incidence of dental caries

There are few significant differences. The sampling must be simple random in this case.

e) Football practice

There are usually significant differences. The sampling should be stratified in this case.

f) Reading a newspaper

There are usually significant differences. The sampling should be stratified in this case.

19. In each of the following situations, explain the necessity or convenience of

to resort to a sample

a) Average age of attendees at a major football final

Yes, because the population is very large

b) Duration of a type of light bulbs (measuring the time it takes for them to burn out)

It is not necessary

c) Number of people in a large city who consume a certain product

Yes, because the population is large and it's not easy to control it.

20. Indicate whether the following methods of obtaining a sample are suitable or not.

Justify your answer:

a) To conduct a study on the preferred leisure activities of the inhabitants of a

in a certain locality, we surveyed 200 randomly selected students as they exited the
institute.
If it is appropriate, because with the representative sample one could find leisure more.
preferred by the students of the institute.
b) To see the educational level of the neighbors in a locality, 300 are randomly selected.
phone numbers from the directory, calls are made and a sample is obtained this way.
approximately 300 data.
No es tan adecuado, porque los datos que se recibe pueden ser no tan certeros. Lo que
it would produce an error in the results.