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Random Sampling: Key to Reducing Bias and Increasing Accuracy

Random sampling is a random means of gathering data points from all groups. It eliminates bias within your data sets by using ...
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Estimation of Parameters of the Generalized Geometric Distribution Using Ranked Set Sampling

The estimates of the parameters of the generalized geometric distribution are obtained by using ranked set sampling procedure. These estimates are compared with the ordered least squares estimates ...
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Estimation of Demographic Parameters from Sampling Data

A method for estimation of demographic parameters from sampling data utilizing a compartment model is described. The population is first divided into size classes, and difference equations which are ...
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News on random sampling

A study by the universities of Cordoba and Seville develops a method that makes it possible to verify, easily and quickly, whether an olive plantation is traditional, intensive, or super-intensive.
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Sampling rare or elusive species : concepts, designs, and techniques for estimating population parameters / edited by William L. Thompson ; foreword by Kenneth P. Burnham

Introduction / William L Thompson -- PART ONE: OVERVIEW AND BASIC CONCEPTS -- Sampling rare populations / Lyman L. McDonald -- Separating components of detection probability in abundance estimation: ...