Sampling Techniques
3rd Edition
Published on 18. July 1977
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-471-16240-7 (ISBN)
Description
Clearly demonstrates a wide range of sampling methods now in use by governments, in business, market and operations research, social science, medicine, public health, agriculture, and accounting. Gives proofs of all the theoretical results used in modern sampling practice.
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Product info
49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
Series
Edition
3. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
797 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-16240-7 (9780471162407)
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Persons
William G Cochran was a prominent statistician. He was born in Scotland but spent most of his life in the United States. Cochran studied mathematics at the University of Glasgow and the University of Cambridge. He worked at Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1934 to 1939, when he moved to the United States.
Content
Simple Random Sampling. Sampling for Proportions and Percentages. The Estimation of Sample Size. Stratified Random Sampling. Further Aspects of Stratified Sampling. Ratio Estimators. Regression Estimates. Systematic Sampling. Single-Stage Cluster Sampling: Clusters of Equal Sizes. Single-Stage Cluster Sampling: Clusters of Unequal Sizes. Subsampling with Units of Equal Size. Subsampling with Units of Unequal Sizes. Double Sampling. Sources of Error in Surveys.