TY - GEN AU - Kish, Leslie TI - Survey sampling SN - 9788126547203 PY - 2016/// CY - New Delhi PB - Wiley India pvt. Ltd. KW - Sampling (Statistics) KW - Social surveys N1 - pt. I. Fundamentals of Survey Sampling -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Concepts of Sampling -- 3. Stratified Sampling -- 4. Systematic Sampling: Stratification Techniques -- 5. Cluster Sampling and Subsampling -- 6. Unequal Clusters -- 7. Selection with Probabilities Proportional to Size Measures (PPS) -- 8. The Economic Design of Surveys -- pt. II. Special Problems and Techniques -- 9. Area Sampling -- 10. Multistage Sampling -- 11. Sampling from Imperfect Frames -- 12. Some Selection Techniques -- pt. III. Related Concepts -- 13. Biases and Nonsampling Errors -- 14. Some Issues of Inference from Survey Data -- Appendixes -- References -- Answers to Selected Problems -- Index N2 - This is designed to be a simple book on sampling methods, with emphasis on and illustrations from surveys of human populations. Sampling plays a vital role in research design involving human populations; it commands increasing attention from social scientists and practitioners. This book not only includes the disciplines of economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and political science, but also the professions of public health, biostatistics, education, social work, public administration, and business administration. Sampling problems are equally material to practitioners engaged in marketing, commerce and industry ER -