Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

Under a linear regression model, the best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE) for a finite population total can be obtained. The problem studied here is that of estimating the variance for setting ...

https://doi.org/10.1899/04-085.1 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1899/04-085.1 Copy URL AbstractTwo-phase sampling provides a statistical framework for combining ...

Stratified mean-per-unit sampling is a key tool used by auditors. The popularity of this statistical procedure arises from its unique ability to produce trustworthy ...

There is much more carbon stored in Earth’s soil than in its atmosphere. A significant portion of this soil carbon is in organic form (carbon bound to carbon), called soil organic carbon (SOC).

A recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server estimated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemiological parameters by using various sampling strategies on the ...

The news is full of widely (and wildly) varying estimates of the scale and scope of human trafficking. This is partly because vulnerable individuals are often hidden and are therefore hard to count.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Sampling is a type of scientific surveying which can save time and money and give information on the population of animals and plants. There are many different types of sampling; the most useful type ...