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STAT 343

Sample Survey Theory and Applications

3 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2025

Topics

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Basic Terminology for Survey, Sampling
  • Selection Bias
  • Measurement Error
  • Sampling and Nonsampling Errors
  • Why Use Sampling
  • Probability Concepts Used in Sampling
  • Chapter 2: Simple Probability Samples
  • Types of Probability Samples
  • Framework for Probability Sampling
  • Simple Random Sampling
  • Estimation of Means and Totals
  • Estimation of Proportions
  • Sampling Weights
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Determining Sample Size
  • Randomization Theory for Simple Random Sampling
  • Model-Based Theory for Simple Random Sampling
  • Chapter 3: Stratified Sampling
  • Definition and Theory
  • Sampling Weights in Stratified Random Sampling
  • Allocating Observations to Strata
  • Defining Strata
  • Model-Based Theory for Stratified Random Sampling
  • Chapter 4: Ratio and Regression Estimation
  • Estimation of a Ratio
  • Ratio Estimation of a Mean or Total
  • Regression estimation of a Mean or Total
  • Ratio Estimation with Stratified Samples
  • Chapter 5: Cluster Sampling with Equal Probabilities
  • Definition and Notation
  • One-Stage Cluster Sampling
  • Clusters of Equal Sizes
  • Clusters of Unequal Sizes
  • Two-Stage Cluster Sampling
  • Designing a Cluster Sample
  • Systematic Sampling
  • Chapter 6: Sampling with Unequal Probabilities
  • One-Stage Sampling with Replacement.
  • Two-Stage Sampling with Replacement.
  • Unequal Probability Sampling Without Replacement
  • Randomization Theory Results and Proofs
  • Chapter 8: Non-response & Review
  • Effect of Non-response in Samples
  • Designing Surveys to Reduce Non-response Errors

Readings

  • Listed textbook (requirement not stated): Sharon L. Lohr. Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd edition. CRC Press, 2022.
    Listed reading
  • Reference (not explicitly required): William G. Cochran. Sampling Techniques, 3rd edition. Wiley, 1977.
    Listed reading
Winter 2023 · STAT 343

Readings

  • Sampling Design and Analysis, Third Edition, by Sharon L. Lohr, CRC Press (2022).
    Listed reading; requirement unspecified
  • Sampling Techniques, 3rd Edition, by William G. Cochran, Wiley (1977).
    Listed reading; requirement unspecified
Sources