My new project is on Universal Basic Income in West Africa. West Africa has 18 countries in total. I cannot possibly use the entire population as my sample, please can anyone make a suggestion of how many countries among this number that can be used to infer my findings and which can be termed accurate?
Brilliant effort Mercy - would be keen to get updates on your progress. First though, would need a few more details about what it is that you plan to do, before we could suggest sampling strategies. The strategies could vary from pilot on one country, to random sampling of countries from the 18, to a World Values Survey type approach where relatively "small" samples are interviewed in many countries. Go well, Paul
Thank you so much Paul for your contribution. Like you rightly asked, I am working on a study to propagate Universal Basic Income for citizens in the developing country of West Africa for the elimination of poverty and improvement on the standard of living.
The idea is for a uniform amount to be paid to individuals living in these countries who have attained the age of 18 and above but with no income due largely for unemployment that developing countries face. The income to be paid will include the less privilege, handicapped and housewives who have decided to cater for their children because they are under age so some of them are exempted from work so as to pay full attention to their wards.
This income will be paid to the individuals without any job but it can guarantee their semi comfortable state of comfort and when an individual feels the nation's general income as it would be tagged, is too meager, he/she can decide to enter the job market to earn better.
The proposal will be ready in a month's time, so I am looking forward for you being [part of it all.
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