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Effect of Sampling Frames on Response Rates in the WHO MONICA Risk Factor Surveys

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Sample surveys are used to investigate occurrence and determinants of diseases in populations. Their reliability is influenced by quality of ...
Simon Fraser University

Example 63.1: Replicated Sampling

This example uses the Customers data set from the section "Getting Started". The data set Customers contains an Internet service provider's current subscribers, and the service provider wants to ...
Simon Fraser University

Example 62.2: Simple Random Cluster Sampling

This example illustrates the use of regression analysis in a simple random cluster sampling design. The data are from S rndal, Swenson, and Wretman (1992, p. 652). A total of 284 Swedish ...
The Washington Post

Straight talk about polling: Probability sampling can be helpful but it’s no magic bullet

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 ...
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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2003 in Afghanistan: Outdated Sampling Frame and the Effect of Sampling Weights on Estimates of Maternal and Child Health Coverage

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Due to an urgent need for information on the coverage of health service for women and children after the fall of Taliban regime in Afghanistan ...
Pew Research Center

Appendix B: National Survey of Latinos Methodology

Results for this study are based on telephone interviews conducted by SSRS, an independent research company, among a nationally representative sample of 1,520 Latino respondents ages 18 and older. It ...