Survey Sampling

An accessible book on sampling techniques with emphasis on and illustrations from surveys of human populations.

List of contents

FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEY SAMPLING. Basic Concepts of Sampling. Stratified Sampling. Systematic Sampling; Stratification Techniques. Cluster Sampling and Subsampling. Unequal Clusters. Selection with Probabilities Proportional to Size Measures (PPS). The Economic Design of Surveys. SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND TECHNIQUES. Area Sampling. Multistage Sampling. Sampling from Imperfect Frames. Some Selection Techniques. RELATED CONCEPTS. Biases and Nonsampling Errors. Some Issues of Inference from Survey Data. Appendices. References. Answers to Selected Problems. Index.

Summary

This accessible introduction to sampling methods features many illustrations from surveys of human populations. The sampling methods described may also be used to survey animals, plants, minerals, physical products, accounts and inventories.

Product details

• Authors: Kish, L Kish, Leslie Kish, Leslie (The University of Michigan) Kish, Kish Leslie, Leslie Kish
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.1995
• EAN: 9780471109495
• ISBN: 978-0-471-10949-5
• No. of pages: 664
• Series: Wiley Classics Library; Wiley Classics Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Social research and statistics