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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Despite the importance of understanding error associated with sampling, there has been a paucity of ...

Consider a population of 70 individuals, for which you wish to estimate the mean annual income, μ. Assume that you have decided to use the following estimation procedure to make your estimate: simple ...

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Ranked set sampling as suggested by McIntyre (1952, Journal of Agricultural Research 3, 385-390) and Takahasi and Wakimoto (1968, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics 20, 1-31) may be ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Academic survey researchers tend to differ ...