Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 42, No. 4 (1993), pp. 585-601 (17 pages) In this paper two-dimensional systematic sampling of land use is considered. Data ...

Sampling allows archaeologists to draw conclusions about a site or region using only a fraction of the area. Because excavation is destructive and funding is limited, leaving parts unexcavated can be ...

The main purpose of this paper is the development of an asymptotic theory of systematic sampling from a stochastic population. The superpopulation model assumed is that the population arises from a ...

The method of systematic random sampling (METHOD=SYS) selects units at a fixed interval throughout the sampling frame or stratum after a random start. PROC SURVEYSELECT chooses the first unit randomly ...

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

PROC SURVEYSELECT provides a variety of methods for selecting probability-based random samples. With probability sampling, each unit in the survey population has a known, positive probablity of ...

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 ...