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STAT 521

Title: Theory of Survey Sampling

Course Description: 

(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 401; 447 or 542. Practical aspects and basic theory of design and estimation in sample surveys for finite populations, with emphasis on applications. Simple random, systematic, stratified, cluster and multistage sampling. Horvitz-Thompson estimation of totals and functions of totals: means, proportions, regression coefficients. Model-assisted ratio and regression estimation. Two-phase sampling. Non-response effects. Small area estimation.

Year: 2017

Semester: Fall

Course Catalog URL: http://catalog.iastate.edu/azcourses/stat/