Statistics for real-life sample surveys : non-simple-random samples and weighted data / Sergey Dorofeev and Peter Grant.
Samples used in social and commercial surveys are usually less random than many people using them realise, or have been taught to analyse. This book, for practising researchers, introduces the challenges posed by less-than-perfect samples, giving background knowledge, practical guidance and, above a...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | Samples used in social and commercial surveys are usually less random than many people using them realise, or have been taught to analyse. This book, for practising researchers, introduces the challenges posed by less-than-perfect samples, giving background knowledge, practical guidance and, above all, realistic and implementable solutions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511543265 |