can anyone suggest any article or guide or manual to determine sample size in social science research basically on poverty analysis or quality of life study at micro level.
Sample size is determined on the basis of statistical laws. For example, if one wants to predict voting analysis and asks 1000 people even in a representative sample, the error of measurement is still few %.
If there are many questions with many possible answers, and then one wants to use some regression analysis, a sample should be definitely more than 30-50 people.The more - the better. This is because a cloud of uncertainly can hide potential correlation between variables for too small samples.
Dear Darshan,
Please check out the following links. I found them relevant and useful.
Regards,
Seyed Ehsan Afsahi
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775042/
https://www.checkmarket.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-population-and-survey-sample-size/
I am certain that the following is of good use:
Lui, Kung-Jong
Crossover designs : testing, estimation, and sample size
Wiley, Statistics in practice
2016
Chul Ahn; Moonseoung Heo; Song Zhang
Sample size calculations for clustered and longitudinal outcomes in clinical research
9781466556270, 1466556277
CRC Press LLC, Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series
2015
Patrick Dattalo
Determining Sample Size: Balancing Power, Precision, and Practicality (Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods)
0195315499, 9780195315493, 9780198043089
2008
David Machin, Michael J. Campbell, Say Beng Tan, Sze Huey Tan(auth.)
Sample Size Tables for Clinical Studies, Third Edition
9781405146500, 9781444300710
Wiley-Blackwell
2008
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