Question

How to go about choosing a sampling plan for a research project for the below project? determining if staff in a hospital are compliant with completing a new assessment tool and if the assessment tool is effective in determining appropriate related measures?

Answer 1

Steps involved in sampling plan -

1

a

Identifying the parameters to be measured - KPIs (possibly a test score)

b

The range of possible values for the parameter - Possibly a discrete score between 1 and 100

2

Designing sampling sceme to define when and how the samples will be taken

Possibly a random sample from the scores of staff members for the next N number of days

3

Determining the sample size - possibly 100 test scores of different staff members

4

Study description - Possibly an observational study

5

Data storage format - Possibly an excel containing details related to experiment

6

Assigning Roles and Responsibilities - Example - A statistician can draw conclusion, a data entry operator can safe keep data, an Analytics Manager can take up decision making