Sampling Design and Analysis

by Lohr, Sharon L.

• ISBN13: 9780534353612
• ISBN10: 0534353614
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-15
• Publisher: Duxbury Press

Summary

Sharon L. Lohr's SAMPLING: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS provides a modern introduction to the field of sampling. With a multitude of applications from a variety of disciplines, the book concentrates on the statistical aspects of taking and analyzing a sample. Overall, the book gives guidance on how to tell when a sample is valid or not, and how to design and analyze many different forms of sample surveys.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Simple Probability Samples

3. Ratio and Regression Estimation

4. Stratified Sampling

5. Cluster Sampling with Equal Probabilities

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. Other Topics in Sampling

Appendix A: The Survey Program

Appendix B: Probability Concepts Used in Sampling

Appendix C: Data Sets

Appendix D: Computer Codes Used for Examples

Appendix E: Statistical Table

References

Author Index

Subject Index