Sample Survey Principles and Methods

By Vic Barnett

Explore sample survey principles and methods with real-world examples

Sample survey concepts and methodologies have evolved as the demand for wider application continues to grow. Sample Survey Principles and Methods, now in its third edition, continues to stress the relevance of sampling methods as they pertain to biological and social fields, and also expands to cover environmental, financial, and medical investigations. Offering a comprehensive overview of the topic, the text is broken down into four sections that build upon one another to offer a complete exploration of the subject matter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470685905
• ISBN13: 9780470685907
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

nice concise introduction

This is the second edition of a text on survey sampling with a different title than the first edition. The first edition published in 1973 was based on a short overview course that Barnett gave on survey sampling. It's title was "Elements of Sampling Theory." The second edition published in 1991 was intended to serve a similar purpose but update the book with advances over the intervening 18 years. The text is 163 pages including the postscript chapter. The six basic chapters cover an introduction to the methods of sampling from finite populations along with the wide range of application areas in Chpater 1, ideas and properties of simple random sampling in Chapter 2, data collection method for carrying out a survey in Chapter 3, ratio and regression estimates in Chapter 4 including the Hartley-Ross estimator, stratified sampling in Chapter 5, and cluster and multi-stage sampling in Chapter 6. This certainly covers the basics and Barnett the reader to the well-known works of Cochran, Kish, Groves and Kalton for additional details. This book is clear and concise, much like Silvey's monograph on statistical inference. Like Silvey this is a handy reference book.