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In a simple random sample, each individual in the population has an equal probability of being chosen. Additionally, each sample of size n has an equal probability of being the chosen sample. This ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A procedure is described which allows the selection of a simple random sample of size n from a list of N items, where N is unknown, and only ...

Using auxilary information, you can construct the regression estimators to provide more accurate estimates of the population characteristics that are of interest. With ESTIMATE statements in PROC ...

Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 99A, No. 2 (Dec., 1999), pp. 171-177 (7 pages) In this paper we derive the exact covariance of some sample moments for 'simple random sampling ...