For a .05 level of confidence and precision of +/-5%, he would need 286. Michael Quanty Psychology Professor CBMTS Project Director Thomas Nelson Community College P.O. Box 9407 Hampton, Virginia 23670 Voice: 757.825.3500 Fax: 757.825.3807 -----Original Message----- From: Marie Helweg-Larsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 11:31 AM To: TIPS Subject: Calculating sample size in a random sample Hi Tipsters I have a student in my reserch methods course who wants to select a random (representative) sample of our college population (about 1000 students). How many subjects does he need? I seem to recall a formula to answer this question but I can't find it in any of my text books. Thanks Marie Al Cone wrote: > Jim, > > Not all that hard to do if one describes the behaviors that such people > would be engaging in during class. > > Al > > Al L. Cone > Jamestown College <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > North Dakota 701.252.3467 X 2604 > http://www.jc.edu/users/faculty/cone > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 3:35 PM > Cc: TIPS > Subject: RE: Teaching uncertainty > > Hi > > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Al Cone wrote: > > in to dualistic/absolutistic thinking. An, in progress, student project > > which described professors whose behaviors typify each of Perry's three > > levels, strongly suggests than students would prefer to be taught by > > relativist as opposed to dualistic professors. > > I wonder if students can tell the difference between dualistic > and committed professors (probably not unless teachers > communicate how they arrived at their committed position?), or is > there a difference (undoubtedly yes, in my mind)? > > Best wishes > Jim > > ============================================================================ > James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 > Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax > University of Winnipeg 4L05D > Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark > ============================================================================ -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40503 Office: (606) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html
