Representative vs. Random Samples: Key Differences Explained

Learn how representative samples and random samples differ and why combining them minimizes sampling bias for accurate data.
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Reengineering the Census Bureau's Annual Economic Surveys

Suggested Citation: "5 Sampling and Estimation." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Reengineering the Census Bureau's Annual Economic Surveys. Washington, DC: The ...
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Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey: Interim Report

The sampling frame for the American Community Survey (ACS) is based on the Master Address File (MAF), which is a database maintained by the Census Bureau and used to conduct the decennial census and ...
Pew Research Center

Advances in Telephone Survey Sampling

Note: This report was updated on Dec. 30, 2015 to reflect the January-July 2015 National Health Interview Survey estimates released on December 1, 2015. Telephone surveys face numerous challenges, but ...
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Improving panel sampling: embedding propensity scores and response behavior in sampling frames

Peter Kellner has written a challenging article with the straightforward title Down With Random Samples(Kellner, 2007). His opening lines are: “We all know what perfection looks like. It is a pure ...
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Temporal sampling frame selection in DNA-based capture-mark-recapture investigations

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Capture-mark-recapture (CMR) population parameter estimation utilizing DNA analysis from remotely-collected hair samples to identify ...