Book Chapter

Principles of Sampling

By Peter Lynn

Edited by Tony Greenfield

Publication details

Publication date
Series or book
Research Methods for Postgraduates (2nd edition)
Series or chapter number
23
Pages
pp. 185–195
Publisher
Arnold
ISBN
0340806567

Abstract

This book chapter provides an introduction to the ideas of sampling for the purpose of scientific study, including bias, variance, accuracy and inference, as well as an overview of some important sampling and weighting techniques.