Indirect Sampling

• Main Author: Lavallée, Pierre (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Springer Series in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Medical research.; Population.; Social sciences.; Quality of life.; Demography.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Population Economics.; Quality of Life Research.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

Following the classical sampling theory, the survey statistician selects samples of people, businesses or others, in order to obtain the desired information. Drawing the samples is usually done by randomly selecting from a list representing the target population. In practice, this list is often not...