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Sampling in a Nutshell

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This book leads the reader in a logical way through the many phases of sampling without straining their mathematical facilities. Of interest to the general public and of practical value to executives and professional is the wide variety of case histories of sampling. These range from race track to oil company, railroad and department store, food manufacturer, airline, stock market and an African village. The present edition contains a number of new chapters as well as considerable expansion of the original material.

Author(s): Morris James Slonim
Edition: Second Printing
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Year: 1960

Language: English
Pages: 145
City: New York

PREFACE xi
I. INTRODUCTION 1
II. STEPS IN A SAMPLE SURVEY 19
III. SAMPLING AND NONSAMPLING ERRORS 24
IV. SOME APPLICATIONS OF SAMPLING 29
V. SAMPLING OF ACCOUNTING DATA 32
VI. POLLS, PROGNOSTICATORS AND PROGRAM RATINGS 38
VII. SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING 43
VIII. STRATIFIED SAMPLING 49
IX. CLUSTER SAMPLING 54
X. SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING 57
XI. INTERPENETRATING REPLICATE SUB­-SAMPLES 60
XII. OTHER SAMPLING METHODS 62
XIII. ESTIMATING PROCEDURES 67
XIV. SIZE OF SAMPLES 72
XV. QUALITY CONTROL 88
XVI. ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING 94
XVII. SOME CASE HISTORIES 100