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Suggested Citation: "5 Sampling and Estimation." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Reengineering the Census Bureau's Annual Economic Surveys. Washington, DC: The ...

Note: This report was updated on Dec. 30, 2015 to reflect the January-July 2015 National Health Interview Survey estimates released on December 1, 2015. Telephone surveys face numerous challenges, but ...

Peter Kellner has written a challenging article with the straightforward title Down With Random Samples(Kellner, 2007). His opening lines are: “We all know what perfection looks like. It is a pure ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Capture-mark-recapture (CMR) population parameter estimation utilizing DNA analysis from remotely-collected hair samples to identify ...

There was controversy recently over how sound data collection procedures in India are, especially when it comes to some of the important national level surveys. An article (by Shamika Ravi, Member of ...