The Population and the Sample

Major Sampling Design and Estimation Procedure

Simple Random Sampling

Systematic Sampling

Stratification and Stratified Random Sampling

Stratified Random Sampling: Further Issues

Ratio Estimation

Cluster Sampling: Introduction and Overview

Sample One-Stage Cluster Sampling

Two-Stage Cluster Sampling: Clusters Sampled with Equal Probability

Cluster Sampling in Which Clusters are Sampled with Unequal Probability: Probability Proportional to Size Sampling

Variance Estimation in Complex Sample Surveys

Selected Topics in Sample Survey Methodology

Nonresponse and Missing Data in Sample Surveys

Selected Topics in Sample Design and Estimation Methodology

Telephone Sampling

Strategies for Design-Based Analysis of Sample Survey Data

Appendix

Index

Answers to Selected Exercises