The Development of Sample Surveys of Finite Populations

Morris H. Hansen, Tore Dalenius and Benjamin J. Tepping

Chapter Chapter 13 in A Celebration of Statistics, 1985, pp 327-354 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper discusses selected topics in the theory and methods of sample surveys which have as their objectives to provide inferences about some characteristics of a finite population (as distinguished from inferences about a causal system which may have produced certain characteristics of the finite population). The paper gives an account of some early developments, considers criteria to guide the choice of sample design, and considers various aspects of probability-sampling designs, including nonsampling error and total survey design. Finally, the paper discusses the role of models in the theory and practice of sample surveys for making inferences about a finite population, and lists some areas for research and development.

Keywords: foundations; history of sampling; models in sampling; nonsampling error; probability sampling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8560-8_13

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