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Statistics in Practice, A new series of practical books outliningthe use of statistical techniques in a wide range of applicationareas:
* Human and Biological Sciences
* Earth and Environmental Sciences
* Industry, Commerce and Finance
Covering both survey sampling and survey analysis, the authors aimto provide the reader with a unified coverage of the practicaltools of basic and more advanced survey sampling and estimation. Contents include:
* Sampling design.
* The design effect statistic.
* Use of auxiliary information.
* Methods for handling missing data.
* Variance and covariance estimation.
* Design-based analysis of frequency tables.
* Multivariate methods for complex surveys.
Fully worked examples and case studies taken from officialstatistics and real surveys on health and social sciences are usedto illustrate the various methods. Additional case studies arepresented covering a range of topics such as business surveys, socio-economic surveys and educational surveys. Selectedcommercially available software packages for complex surveys arediscussed with demonstrations using data from the case studies. Intended primarily for those involved in the planning, implementation or analysis of descriptive or analytical surveys andopinion polls, the book will also be of interest to researchers andstudents in many disciplines. In addition, the book is well suitedfor use on courses in survey sampling.
* Human and Biological Sciences
* Earth and Environmental Sciences
* Industry, Commerce and Finance
Covering both survey sampling and survey analysis, the authors aimto provide the reader with a unified coverage of the practicaltools of basic and more advanced survey sampling and estimation. Contents include:
* Sampling design.
* The design effect statistic.
* Use of auxiliary information.
* Methods for handling missing data.
* Variance and covariance estimation.
* Design-based analysis of frequency tables.
* Multivariate methods for complex surveys.
Fully worked examples and case studies taken from officialstatistics and real surveys on health and social sciences are usedto illustrate the various methods. Additional case studies arepresented covering a range of topics such as business surveys, socio-economic surveys and educational surveys. Selectedcommercially available software packages for complex surveys arediscussed with demonstrations using data from the case studies. Intended primarily for those involved in the planning, implementation or analysis of descriptive or analytical surveys andopinion polls, the book will also be of interest to researchers andstudents in many disciplines. In addition, the book is well suitedfor use on courses in survey sampling.