1. Gina's target population for her study are employees from the top 500 corporations in the Philippines. Because there are too many employees in these corporations, she decided to randomly select ten corporations, she decided to randomly select ten corporations and use all of their employees as participants in her study. 2. Myra's study aims to determine the relationship between intelligence quotient and the language proficiency of students. There are 105,000 students in her target population. Of these, 15% have high proficiency, 65% have average proficiency, and 20% have low proficiency. She decided to utilize a sample size of 400 participants from the target population. This is proportional to the total number of members in each group of the population.

1. Gina's target population for her study are employees from the top 500 corporations in the Philippines. Because there are too many employees in these corporations, she decided to randomly select ten corporations, she decided to randomly select ten corporations and use all of their employees as participants in her study. 2. Myra's study aims to determine the relationship between intelligence quotient and the language proficiency of students. There are 105,000 students in her target population. Of these, 15% have high proficiency, 65% have average proficiency, and 20% have low proficiency. She decided to utilize a sample size of 400 participants from the target population. This is proportional to the total number of members in each group of the population.

Understanding Business

12th Edition

ISBN:9781259929434

Author:William Nickels

Publisher:William Nickels

Chapter1: Taking Risks And Making Profits Within The Dynamic Business Environment

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