Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Vol. 38, No. 2, Papers from 23rd Nordic Conference on Mathematical Statistics (June 2011), pp. 377-392 (16 pages) Sampford's unequal probability sampling method is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper deals with two schemes, π-inverse weights and best linear unbiased weights, for weighting of observations drawn by unequal ...

Mark Blumenthal and Natalie Jackson of Huffpost Pollster write: If you read polls in the news, you’re probably familiar with the term “margin of error.” What ...

Why do pollsters make such a big deal about probability sampling? You'd think that choosing people to interview should be easy. Take three of these, four of those, and two of the other. But it's not.

The New York Times and CBS News made big news in the polling world this weekend when they announced that they will begin using online survey panels from YouGov as part of their election coverage.

Greg DePersio has 13+ years of professional experience in sales and SEO and 3+ years as a writer and editor. Simple random sampling is a method used to cull a smaller sample size from a larger ...