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Introduction | |
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Elements Of The Sampling Problem | |
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Introduction | |
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Technical Terms | |
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How to Select the Sample: The Design of the Sample Survey | |
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Sources of Errors in Surveys | |
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Designing a Questionnaire | |
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Planning a Survey | |
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Summary | |
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Some Basic Concepts Of Statistics | |
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Introduction | |
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Summarizing Information in Populations and Samples: The Infinite Population Case | |
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Summarizing Information in Populations and Samples: The Finite Population Case | |
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Sampling Distributions | |
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Covariance and Correlation | |
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Estimation | |
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Summary | |
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Simple Random Sampling | |
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Introduction | |
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How to Draw a Simple Random Sample | |
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Estimation of a Population Mean and Total | |
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Selecting the Sample Size for Estimating Population Means and Totals | |
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Estimation of a Population Proportion | |
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Comparing Estimates | |
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Summary | |
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Stratified Random Sampling | |
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Introduction | |
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How to Draw a Stratified Random Sample | |
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Estimation of a Population Mean and Total | |
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Selecting the Sample Size for Estimating Population Means and Totals | |
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Allocation of the Sample | |
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Estimation of a Population Proportion | |
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Selecting the Sample Size and Allocating the Sample to Estimate Proportions | |
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Additional Comments on Stratified Sampling | |
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An Optimal Rule for Choosing Strata | |
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Stratification after Selection of the Sample | |
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Double Sampling for Stratification | |
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Summary | |
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Ratio, Regression, And Difference Estimation | |
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Introduction | |
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Surveys that Require the Use of Ratio Estimators | |
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Ratio Estimation Using Simple Random Sampling | |
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Selecting the Sample Size | |
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Ratio Estimation in Stratified Random Sampling | |
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Regression Estimation | |
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Difference Estimation | |
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Relative Efficiency of Estimators | |
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Summary | |
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Systematic Sampling | |
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Introduction | |
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How to Draw a Systematic Sample | |
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Estimation of a Population Mean and Total | |
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Estimation of a Population Proportion | |
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Selecting the Sample Size | |
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Repeated Systematic Sampling | |
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Further Discussion of Variance Estimators | |
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Summary | |
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Cluster Sampling | |
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Introduction | |
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How to Draw a Cluster Sample | |
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Estimation of a Population Mean and Total | |
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Equal Cluster Sizes; Comparison to Simple Random Sampling | |
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Selecting the Sample Size for Estimating Population Means and Totals | |
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Estimation of a Population Proportion | |
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Selecting the Sample Size for Estimating Proportions | |
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Cluster Sampling Combined with Stratification | |
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Cluster Sampling with Probabilities Proportional to Size | |
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Summary | |
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Two-Stage Cluster Sampling | |
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Introduction | |
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How to Draw a Two-Stage Cluster Sample | |
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Unbiased Estimation of a Population Mean and Total | |
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Ratio Estimation of a Population Mean | |
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Estimation of a Population Proportion | |
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Sampling Equal-Sized Clusters | |
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Two-Stage Cluster Sampling with Probabilities Proportional to Size | |
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Summary | |
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Estimating The Population Size | |
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Introduction | |
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Estimation of a Population Size Using Direct Sampling | |
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Estimation of a Population Size Using Inverse Sampling | |
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Choosing Sample Sizes for Direct and Inverse Sampling | |
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Estimating Population Density and Size from Quadrat Samples | |
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Estimating Population Density and Size from Stocked Quadrats | |
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Adaptive Sampling | |
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Summary | |
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Supplemental Topics | |
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Introduction | |
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Interpenetrating Subsamples | |
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Estimation of Means and Totals over Subpopulations | |
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Random-Response Model | |
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Use of Weights in Sample Surveys | |
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Adjusting for Nonresponse | |
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Imputation | |
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Selecting the Number of Callbacks | |
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The Bootstrap | |
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Summary | |
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Summary | |
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Summary of the Designs and Methods | |
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Comparisons among the Designs and Methods | |
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Appenidices | |
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References and Bibliography Tables | |
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Derivation of Some Main Results | |
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Macros for MINITAB | |
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Macros for SAS | |
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Data Sets | |
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Selected Answers | |
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Index | |