stratified simple random sampling

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sample survey methods

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    In statistics: Sample survey methods

    Stratified simple random sampling is a variation of simple random sampling in which the population is partitioned into relatively homogeneous groups called strata and a simple random sample is selected from each stratum. The results from the strata are then aggregated to make inferences about…

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statistical tools

  • Jakob Bernoulli
    In probability and statistics: Samples and experiments

    His method of stratified sampling incorporated a concern for representativeness across the most important variables, but it also required that the individuals sampled should be chosen randomly. This was designed to avoid selection biases but also to create populations to which probability theory could be applied to calculate…

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