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Please help me understand difference between stratified and quota sampling?
Also multistage and cluster sampling
great
Thank you for your comment 馃檪
Hi, I was trying to find the link for the online test after each chapter. Could someone please throw some light on this? Many thanks.
Click on MA (the new name for Paper F2) below the red bar at the top of the page. Then you will get a page with links to all our resources.
Thank you very much. I found all the practice here is quite useful.
You are welcome 馃檪
For Cluster sampling am not understanding one thing: after the 1st random sampling then *check everything in it*. By checking do you mean select all in it or we choose 20 for total of 100?
It means select all in it 馃檪
Sir ,For the 10 marks questions they mentioned budegting,standard costing,performance measurement techniques as section -B…How far its true?
I don’t know who ‘they’ are but given that the syllabus on the ACCA website actually says this, then it is 100% true 馃檪
(But make sure you understand what it means correctly – the Section B questions will come from those areas, but those areas can (and will) also be tested in Section A as well.)
hello ,
i really appreciate your videos there really helpful ,i was just wondering if the content is still relevant if i had to give my exam in the middle of July 2017
Yes of course – all our lectures are always up-to-date for the coming exams.
thank you so much , i highly appreciate it 馃檪
You are welcome 馃檪
How do get the Exam kit? Is it free?
No they are not free. You need to buy one from one of the ACCA approved publishers.
We give free lectures and lecture notes, but not Revision/Exam Kits.
Hi, good day to you!
I would like to know is there any difference between the FMA 2017 note and FMA 2016 note?
Thanks
I can’t remember, but probably not since there were no changes to the syllabus 馃檪
Hi I have the 2103 F2 text and when I compared the table of contents to the 2017 text it seemed to be very similar. Can I use the 2013 text to do the reading or do I need to buy the 2016 Ebook if the syllabus has changed a lot?
You must ask this in the Ask the Tutor Forum – not as a comment on a lecture on Sources of data! 馃檪
Could you add caption for all your video lecture
I am sorry but we don’t have the resources to do that. If we charged then maybe we could, but we are never going to charge.
Dear sir,
I am planning to do F2, F3 and F4 exams by december.
How possible is this plan?
If not possible, how long does it usually take to study thoroughly for one exam?
Thank you
Kindly tell me what is the difference between Stratified Sampling & Quota Sampling?
With stratified, the sample within each group is chosen at random. With quota sampling, they are not chosen at random. (See the examples on page 12 of the free lecture notes)
Got it.. Thanks
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hello.
I just wanted to ask that can we use these lectures for exam attempt in September. And is it possible to study for F1,F2,F3 in three months as thats the only time i have.
Yes you can use these lectures – the syllabus is not changing.
You should be able to study for all three exams, but it obviously depends on how much time you have available for studying each day (because of whatever other commitments you have).
Thank you for answering. Well i usually have about 3 to 5 hours a day for studying as i also go To a university to Study the same subjects but they are gonna finish these three subjects in November but i want to take the exams in September
You should be able to manage all three papers 馃檪
Hi why can’t i view the lectures videos? is there any problem with the site ?
The lectures are all working fine – the problem must be at your end.
Thanks for the amazing lecture it was really help full
I need to download this lecture
How can i download this video?
Lectures can only be watched online.
It is the only way that we can keep this website free of charge.
The tests have been removed from the lecture notes (and I must cut out that bit from the lecture).
Instead there are free online practice tests for each chapter which you can find linked from the main Paper F2 page of the website.
“Every element of one sub-section of the population is selected.” This is an example of ‘Stratified’ sampling, right? Or, is this an example of ‘Cluster’ sampling?
Cluster
Can I get another link for the video ?? the video link has been blocked in my country.
Problem solved . get another browser instead .
Great 馃檪
Firstly, I would like to say thanks for your useful lecture.
In my opinion, stratified sampling is same as quota sampling as both of them require knowledge of the proportion of the population, and with stratified sampling we also need a specific sample to examine (say 200 people) and now it is same as quota sampling (question in the sample of 200 with 60% women and 40% men).
I also have another question about systematic. I think systematic is also impossible as random sampling as we are almost unable to mark number to all items to know which of them is 8th and which are every 10th (unless they are already numbered).
Sorry if I miss some things in the lecture that are related to my questions as I cannot hear what the teacher said clearly. Thanks again !
Stratified and quota are similar, but not the same.
With stratified having decided how many to select you select at random from each group.
With quota you ask (in the example in the notes) the first 120 women and then no more women – they are not selected at random.
Systematic sampling is not random. The only truly random sampling is where every item has an equal chance of being selected..
Thanks for your kind reply!
I sat two paper FFM and FAU but couldn’t pass FAU while i thought i did well.
Help me to know the strategy to pass FAU as i plan december 15