Practical sampling techniques

This invaluable Second Edition of an incomparable reference/text offers a comprehensive presentation of scientific sampling principles and shows how to design a sample survey and analyze the resulting data - demonstrating the validity of theorems and statements without resorting to detailed proofs. Citing results from actual large-scale sample surveys in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States, Practical Sampling Techniques, Second Edition furnishes a well-organized logical sequence of topics and explains single-stage, stratified single-stage, and multistage sampling, including simple…