In some applications it is cost efficient to sample data in two or more stages. In the first stage a simple random sample is drawn and then stratified according to some easily measured attribute. In ...

Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (1960-2002), Vol. 55, No. 2 (Aug., 1993), pp. 283-287 (5 pages) In this paper we suggest a modification in the definition of balanced sampling ...

The specific monitoring design (the choice of location and timing of sample collection) that best meets project objectives will depend on the type and scale of the project and the degree to which ...

The PROC SURVEYMEANS statement invokes the procedure. In this statement, you identify the data set to be analyzed and specify sample design information. The DATA= option names the input data set to be ...

Survey data in this report are based on Pew Research Center surveys conducted with a nationally representative sample of Hispanics. Differences between groups or subgroups, such as foreign-born and ...

With this approach, a second site (a baseline reference site) in a very similar watershed is monitored. Changes in the BMP site are compared to this baseline. The monitoring approach is greatly ...