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Simple random sampling
Authors: Papageorgiou, Ioulia
Reviewer: Karakostas, Konstantinos
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Abstract:
This chapter marks the beginning of the study of elementary sampling schemes, which belong to the broader category of sampling methods in which the selection of the sample is based on probability theory. In these sampling schemes, the elementary units of the population also serve as the sampling units. The use of elementary sampling schemes is widespread in sampling surveys, although they usually appear in combination or as individual steps within a larger and more complex sampling design. The study of the first sampling method, simple random sampling, is important—perhaps not so much from a practical standpoint, since this method is rarely used exclusively in a sampling survey—but because it forms the foundation upon which Sampling Theory is built. The study of simple random sampling (SRS) will also aid in understanding the concepts described in Chapter 1, which relate to the purpose of a sampling survey, the process of sample selection, estimation, sampling distributions, and the properties of estimators. Additionally, many of the sampling schemes to be developed in later chapters make use of simple random sampling.
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1298
Bibliographic Reference: Papageorgiou, I. (2015). Simple random sampling [Chapter]. In Papageorgiou, I. 2015. Sampling Theory [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/1298
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Sampling Theory
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions