Table 1. General characteristics of the sampling technique
Population Cooperative managers of the olive oil sector of Catalonia (Spain) (census
of 137 cooperatives).
Sample 70 questionnaires with a margin of error of 8.3 percent and a
confidence level of 95.5 percent (k = 2 and p = q = 0.5).
Procedure Simple random sample.
Date of the fieldwork April-June of 2006.
Administration of the survey Personnel interviewed through a semi-structured questionnaire.
Information collected General characteristics of the cooperatives, information about
production, finances and sales, valuation of the general characteristics of
the sector.
This general table shows the main characteristics of the sampling technique