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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100471109495
ISBN-139780471109495
eBay Product ID (ePID)1110672
Product Key Features
Number of Pages664 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSurvey Sampling
SubjectProbability & Statistics / General, Statistics
Publication Year1995
TypeTextbook
AuthorLeslie Kish
Subject AreaMathematics, Social Science
SeriesWiley Classics Library
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight32.9 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number1
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN65-019479
Dewey Edition19
Series Volume Number60
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal301/.0723
Table Of ContentFUNDAMENTALS 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.
SynopsisAn accessible book on sampling techniques with emphasis on and illustrations from surveys of human populations. Explains how to design and execute valid samples of moderate dimensions and difficulty, avoid selection biases and how to become more adept at evaluating sample results, judge their validity and limits of inference, applicability and precision. Contains numerous practical procedures, the domestic arts of sampling along with its science plus invaluable tricks that are usually learned only in apprenticeship., An accessible book on sampling techniques with emphasis on and illustrations from surveys of human populations., 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.