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THE EFFECT OF SAMPLE STRUCTURE ON ANALYTICAL SURVEYS 1,2
Author(s) -
Brewer K. R. W.,
Mellor R. W.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 0004-9581
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1973.tb00195.x
Subject(s) - statistician , sampling (signal processing) , sample (material) , simple (philosophy) , stratified sampling , selection (genetic algorithm) , statistics , simple random sample , econometrics , estimation , mathematics , computer science , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , economics , demography , artificial intelligence , management , population , chemistry , filter (signal processing) , chromatography , computer vision
Summary The core of this paper is a dialogue between “Harry”, an experienced survey statistician and “Fred”, a young mathematical statistician. They have contrasting approaches to the problem of estimating a regression relationship from a stratified sample, but after one or two red herrings are dragged out, both realize that the situation is not as simple as they had supposed. The role played by the probabilities of selection is a central issue. Estimation sampling for means, totals, and ratios is also considered, and seen to be a special case of the general analytical sampling synthesis they had already agreed upon.