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This manual contains information for using R software with the examples in the textbook
Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd edition by Sharon L. Lohr.
List of contents
- Getting Started. 2. Simple Probability Samples. 3. Stratified Sampling. 4. Ratio and Regression Estimation. 5. Ratio and Regression Estimation. 6. Sampling with Unequal Probabilities. 7. Complex Surveys. 8. Nonresponse. 9. Variance Estimation in Complex Surveys. 10. Categorical Data Analysis in Complex Surveys. 11. Regression with Complex Survey Data. 12. Additional Topics for Survey Data Analysis.
About the author
Yan Lu is Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of New Mexico. Her research interests include survey sampling, mixed models, nonparametric regression, and data mining. Recent publications develop new statistical methods for combining data from multiple surveys, selecting probability samples from massive data streams, and applying nonparametric regression to survey data.
Sharon L. Lohr, the author of
Measuring Crime: Behind the Statistics, has published widely about survey sampling and statistical methods for education, public policy, law, and crime. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, and has received the Gertrude M. Cox, Morris Hansen, and Deming Awards. Formerly Dean's Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Arizona State University and a Vice President at Westat, she is now a statistical consultant and writer.
Summary
This manual contains information for using R software with the examples in the textbook Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd edition by Sharon L. Lohr.
