C. C. Higgins’s scientific contributions

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Publications (2)

Organizational Research: Determining Appropriate Sample Size in Survey Research
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January 2001

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J.E. Barlett

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J. W. Kotrlik

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C. C. Higgins

The determination of sample size is a common task for many organizational researchers. Inappropriate, inadequate, or excessive sample sizes continue to influence the quality and accuracy of research. The procedures for determining sample size for continuous and categorical variables using Cochran's (1977) formulas are described. A discussion and illustration of sample size formulas, including the formula for adjusting the sample size for smaller populations, is included

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... Information on ethnicity, language, religion, and population size was gathered through structured interviews with community members and verified with local administrative records during the study ( Table 2). The sample size for collecting quantitative data for this research to ensure the required representative sample size of households from the five sub-districts was determined using the method in Bartlett et al. [8]. According to sub-districts administrations, the total number of households in five villages of Arera, Ago, Mahgo, Waren and Wejig were 2236. ...

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Local people’s interaction with Wejig-Mahgo-Waren Massif Forest in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia
Selecting an appropriate sample size for conducting survey research
  • Citing Article

  • January 2001

J.E. Bartlett

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J.W. Kotrlik

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C.C. Higgins

... The measurement accuracy (d) was set at three percent of the range between the smallest and largest average size of agricultural operating units across the four studied provinces: Alborz, Guilan, Hormozgan, and Yazd (0.8 ha in Guilan to 3.5 ha in Hormozgan) (Barlett et al., 2001;Cochran, 1977). It is noteworthy that the sampling method used in this study to select household heads was a simple random sampling with proportional allocation. ...

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Factors affecting the livelihood sustainability of smallholder farmers in Iran
Organizational Research: Determining Appropriate Sample Size in Survey Research
  • Citing Article

  • January 2001

J.E. Barlett

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J. W. Kotrlik

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C. C. Higgins