Sample Survey Methods And Theory Methods And Applications

Sample Survey Methods and Theory, Methods and Applications

VOLUME ONE: 1. An elementary survey of sampling principles -- 2. Biases and nonsampling errors in survey results -- 3. Sample designs for some common sampling problems -- 4. Simple random sampling -- 5. Stratified simple random sampling -- 6. Simple one- or two-stage cluster sampling -- 7. Stratified single- or multi-stage cluster sampling -- 8. Control of variation in size of cluster in estimating totals, averages, or ratios -- 9. Multi-stage sampling with large primary sampling units -- 10. Estimating variances -- 11. Regression estimates, double sampling, sampling for time series, systematic sampling, and other sampling methods -- 12. Case studies--designs and results of some actual sample surveys -- VOLUME TWO: 1. Introduction and definitions -- Fundamental theory -- 2. Operations, events and probability -- 3. Random variables, expected values, variances, covariances, and convergence in probability -- Derivations, proofs, and some extensions of theory for corresponding chapters of volume 1 -- 4. Simple random sampling -- 5. Stratified simple random sampling -- 6. Simple one- or more stage cluster sampling -- 7. Stratified single- or multi-stage cluster sampling -- 8. Control of variation in size of cluster in estimating totals, averages, or ratios -- 9. Multi-stage sampling with large primary sampling units -- 10. Estimating variances -- 11. Regression estimates, double sampling, sampling for time series, and other sampling methods -- A theory for response errors -- 12. Response errors in surveys.

Survey Sampling

The Practice of Survey Research

Focusing on the use of technology in survey research, this book integrates both theory and application and covers important elements of survey research including survey design, implementation and continuing data management.