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With a minimum of mathematical formality and technical jargon, provides a practical explanation of the basic concepts and procedures of sample design for professionals in statistics and surveys. Discusses such topics as systematic sampling and probability proportionate to size sampling, illustrating the logic involved through examples instead of mathematical proofs. Thoroughly expanded and revised from the 1980 Sampling for health professionals. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Review
Replete with examples and exercises, done with excellent organization structure and enhanced by annotated bibliographies, this book should continue to enjoy success as a classroom choice. (Technometrics, August 2000, Vol. 42, No. 3)


Review
Replete with examples and exercises, done with excellent organization structure and enhanced by annotated bibliographies.... (Technometrics, August 2000, Vol. 42, No. 3)


Book Description
A unique, accessible guide to current practices in population sampling.

Now in its third edition, this popular sampling text continues to provide a highly readable, practical treatment of the subject. Keeping the mathematics to a minimum, it walks the reader through real-world sample surveys-from sampling designs to problems of missing data and nonresponse to estimation procedures. This expanded and updated edition reflects the many developments in the field since the publication of the Second Edition, including the latest methods of multistage sampling, analysis of sample survey data, and software manipulation. Sampling of Populations, Third Edition offers:
* A wealth of examples illustrating key statistical issues with data sets available for downloading over the Internet.
* An emphasis on the most widely used sampling designs today, including completely revised chapters on cluster sampling designs.
* A new chapter devoted to telephone sampling and interviewing techniques-contributed by Robert Casady and James M. Lepkowski, who have made many important contributions in the area of telephone surveys.
* Illustrative examples detailing how statistical analysis can be performed by means of software now available for use on personal computers and designed specifically for analysis of sample survey data.
* Many new and updated practice exercises.


Book Info
Continues to provide a highly readable, practical treatment of the subject. With a minimum of mathematics, the text provides real-world sampling designs to problems of missing data and nonresponse to estimation procedures. DLC: Populations--Statistical methods.


The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Intended for the working professional, it offers a practical look at the basic concepts and procedures of sample design with a minimum of mathematical formality and technical jargon. Specifically designed as a user-friendly guide, it discusses the various procedures for drawing a sample (e.g., systematic sampling and probability proportionate to size sampling) in a step-by-step manner that readers can follow almost like a manual. In addition, the book makes use of numerous demonstrations and examples, instead of extended mathematical proofs, for the purpose of giving the reader a clear understanding of the rational for procedures used in sampling. The volume is a revision and expansion of an earlier text that takes into account major developments in sampling methodology over the past decade.


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A unique, accessible guide to current practices in population sampling.

Now in its third edition, this popular sampling text continues to provide a highly readable, practical treatment of the subject. Keeping the mathematics to a minimum, it walks the reader through real-world sample surveys—from sampling designs to problems of missing data and nonresponse to estimation procedures. This expanded and updated edition reflects the many developments in the field since the publication of the Second Edition, including the latest methods of multistage sampling, analysis of sample survey data, and software manipulation. Sampling of Populations, Third Edition offers: A wealth of examples illustrating key statistical issues with data sets available for downloading over the Internet. An emphasis on the most widely used sampling designs today, including completely revised chapters on cluster sampling designs. A new chapter devoted to telephone sampling and interviewing techniques—contributed by Robert Casady and James M. Lepkowski, who have made many important contributions in the area of telephone surveys. Illustrative examples detailing how statistical analysis can be performed by means of software now available for use on personal computers and designed specifically for analysis of sample survey data. Many new and updated practice exercises.


About the Author
PAUL S. LEVY is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Illinois School of Public Health. He is a Fellow of both the American Statistical Association and the American College of Epidemiology and has been widely published during his long and distinguished career as a statistician and epidemiologist. Most recently he served as section editor for design of experiments and sample surveys of the Encyclopedia of Biostatistics.

STANLEY LEMESHOW is a Professor in the Department of Statistics at The Ohio State University. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and has published numerous articles in statistical and biomedical journals. In addition to this book, he has coauthored Applied Logistic Regression (Wiley), Adequacy of Sample Size in Health Studies, and Applied Survival Analysis (Wiley).

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Now in its third edition, this sampling text continues to provide a readable, practical treatment of the subject. Keeping the mathematics to a minimum, it walks the reader through real-world sample surveys - from sampling designs to problems of missing data and nonresponse to estimation procedures. This expanded and updated edition reflects the many developments in the field since the publication of the Second Edition, including the latest methods of multistage sampling, analysis of sample survey data, and software manipulation.

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