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Example 61.1: Stratified Cluster Sample Design

Consider the example in the section "Stratified Sampling". The study population is a junior high school with a total of 4,000 students in grades 7, 8, and 9. Researchers want to know how much these ...
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Sample Selection Methods

PROC SURVEYSELECT provides a variety of methods for selecting probability-based random samples. With probability sampling, each unit in the survey population has a known, positive probablity of ...
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Application of Long Transects and Information Theoretical Functions to Pattern Detection I. Transects versus Isodiametric Sampling Units

The effectiveness of elongated and isodiametric sampling units to estimate information statistical functions was examined. Although elongated sampling units caused some distortion related to ...
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Optimum Utilization of Auxiliary Information: π ps Sampling of Two Units from a Stratum

For the estimation of the population total of a character y, defined over a finite population of known size, "optimum" sampling strategies for the case when auxiliary information H of a type commonly ...