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Sampling Methods 1
Sampling Methods 1
Sampling Methods 1
CHRISTIAN BENEDICT, RN
• The procedure by which the units that will be in the sample are
selected from the population is called the sample design.
• The usual inference problem in sampling is to estimate some
summary characteristics, such as the mean of the population, after
observing only the sample.
Mix the slips thoroughly and then ask an innocent hand to select the
first slip. Repeat the process until you get the 5 names. This sampling
method is the simple random sampling.
• Application:
• Illustrate the principle of stratification with an example.
• Illustrate by an example :
• Non sampling error includes all errors in data collection, processing &
estimation except sampling error (frame error, non response error,
specification error, measurement error, processing error).