Reference no: EM132832612
Liyana is working as a Research Assistant and her new assignment is to find out the employability issues among recent graduates from January 2000 to June 2015 from Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) in all disciplines and all campuses throughout Malaysia.
As of June this year, UniKL has produced about 100,000 graduates from the time mentioned and they are working everywhere in this country. Her boss would like to know their current job title, job descriptions and what they think should be changed in terms of subjects taught, college environment etc.
However, her boss wants the information as fast as possible using the cheapest form of data collection technique. She is given one month to complete her research. She plans to do a systematic sampling technique to gather the information needed. Liyana is worried and has asked you to help her out.
a. What is the best sampling technique for the scenario above? Justify your answer with two (2) reasons.
b. Can Liyana apply a systematic sampling technique? Why or why not? Justify your answer with two (2) reasons.
c. Liyana's colleague suggests that she makes telephone calls to at least 500 graduates from all over the country so that the information gathered will be more reliable. Is this a better choice? Justify your answer with three (3) explanations.