Sampling methodologies
Subtitle: with applications
By: Poduri S.R.S. Rao.
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC texts in statistical science series; Texts in statistical science
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Social sciences -- Statistical methods.; Sampling (Statistics)
Description: "Sampling Methodologies with Applications offers a balanced, practical treatment of the techniques and applications of the commonly used procedures for sampling from finite populations. In an easily followed, step-by-step presentation, the author motivates each topic with illustrations followed by examples and exercises.

All of these are constructed from everyday, practical situations covering a wide variety of topics, from scholastic aptitude tests to healthcare expenditures and presidential elections.".

"Describes, in detail, all the commonly used procedures, including recent practical developments such as the bootstrap; includes exercises in each chapter, with solutions to odd-numbered problems at the end of the book; presents major results within the text and their derivations in appendixes; and summarizes research-oriented topics of current interest and provides recent references."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-300) and index.