A relatively new telephone sampling method, plus-one, is introduced and evaluated. The primary criteria of evaluation are efficiency and bias. Plus-one is compared with previously published sampling ...

Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

verybody has a favorite color and season—preferences that seem innate, always defying reason. Auditors are no different when it comes to haphazard sampling, a process in which—ideally—they choose ...

A simple random sample is a subset of a statistical population where each member of the population is equally likely to be ...

An independent researcher, chartered accountant, lecturer and financial economist, Dr Evans Duah, has underscored the use of a fully automated and randomised sampling process in his nationwide study ...

Stratified random sampling is a method of sampling that divides a population into smaller groups that form the basis of test ...