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Data Collection and Sampling PDF
Data Collection and Sampling PDF
OPRE 6301
Recall. . .
Statistics
Data Information
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Methods of Collecting Data. . .
• Direct Observation
• Experiments, and
• Surveys.
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Surveys. . .
• Personal Interview,
• Telephone Interview, and
• Self-Administered Questionnaire.
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Questionnaire Design
Over the years, a lot of thought has been put into the
science of the design of survey questions. Key design
principles:
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Sampling. . .
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Sampling Plans. . .
Details. . .
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Simple Random Sampling. . .
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Example: A government income tax auditor must choose
a sample of 40 (usually denoted by n) of 1,000 (usually
denoted by N ) returns to audit. . .
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Stratified Random Sampling. . .
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After the population has been stratified, we can use sim-
ple random sampling to generate the complete sample:
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Cluster Sampling. . .
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Sample Size. . .
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Sampling and Non-Sampling Errors. . .
Details. . .
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Sampling Error. . .
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Non-Sampling Error. . .
Details. . .
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Errors in Data Acquisition
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Nonresponse Error
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Selection Bias
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