Machine generated contents note: Preface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second Edition xiiiPreface to the First Edition xv1. Introduction 1Part I. Basic Sampling 92. Simple Random Sampling 113. Confidence Intervals 294. Sample Size 355. Estimating Proportions, Ratios, and Subpopulation Means 396. Unequal Probability Sampling 51Part II. Making the Best Use of Survey Data 657. Auxiliary Data and Ratio Estimation 678. Regression Estimation 899. The Sufficient Statistic in Sampling 10110. Design and Model 107Part III. Some Useful Designs 11511. Stratified Sampling 11712. Cluster and Systematic Sampling 12913. Multistage Designs 14314. Double or Two-Phase Sampling 157Part IV. Methods for Elusive and Hard-to-Detect Populations 17115. Network Sampling and Link-Tracing Designs 17316. Detectability and Sampling 18517. Line and Point Transects 19918. Capture-Recapture Sampling 23319. Line-Intercept Sampling 245Part V. Spatial Sampling 25520. Spatial Prediction or Kriging 25721. Spatial Designs 27122. Plot Shapes and Observational Methods 275Part VI. Adaptive Sampling 28323. Adaptive Sampling Designs 28524. Adaptive Cluster Sampling 28925. Systematic and Strip Adaptive Cluster Sampling 30926. Stratified Adaptive Cluster Sampling 323Answers to Selected Exercises 339References 343Author Index 361Subject Index 365
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