Oct. 8, 2008— -- Surveys based on a random sample of respondents are subject to sampling error – a calculation of how closely the results reflect the attitudes ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A comprehensive treatment of the theory of non-sampling errors is given in this paper by bringing together the work of a number of authors on ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 36, No. 2 (1987), pp. 145-152 (8 pages) Ranked set sampling is a technique for estimating the mean of a population, of use ...

In this paper, an analytical method and a bootstrap method are developed to evaluate the effect of classification errors on the bias and variance of estimated domain growth rates. The approaches are ...

Negative margin status is an important predictor for local control and overall outcome in head and neck cancers. 1, 2, 3 Frozen section analysis is a useful tool for assessing margin status ...

Recent advances in survey sampling have underscored the value of auxiliary variables in estimating finite population means. By incorporating additional information from related variables, researchers ...