Handbook of Statistics: Sample Surveys: Design, Methods and Applications

✍ Scribed by C.R. Rao (Eds.)

• Publisher: North Holland
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 129
• Series: Handbook of Statistics 29, Part A
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new handbook contains the most comprehensive account of sample surveys theory and practice to date. It is a second volume on sample surveys, with the goal of updating and extending the sampling volume published as volume 6 of the Handbook of Statistics in 1988. The present handbook is divided into two volumes (29A and 29B), with a total of 41 chapters, covering current developments in almost every aspect of sample surveys, with references to important contributions and available software. It can serve as a self contained guide to researchers and practitioners, with appropriate balance between theory and real life applications.

Each of the two volumes is divided into three parts, with each part preceded by an introduction, summarizing the main developments in the areas covered in that part. Volume 29A deals with methods of sample selection and data processing, with the later including editing and imputation, handling of outliers and measurement errors, and methods of disclosure control. The volume contains also a large variety of applications in specialized areas such as household and business surveys, marketing research, opinion polls and censuses. Volume 29B is concerned with inference, distinguishing between design-based and model-based methods and focusing on specific problems such as small area estimation, analysis of longitudinal data, categorical data analysis and inference on distribution functions. The volume contains also chapters dealing with case-control studies, asymptotic properties of estimators and decision theoretic aspects.

• Comprehensive account of recent developments in sample survey theory and practice
• Discusses a wide variety of diverse applications
• Comprehensive bibliography

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
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Page i

Copyright
Page iii

Preface to Handbook 29A
Pages v-vi
Danny Pfeffermann, C.R. Rao

Contributors: Vol. 29A
Pages xix-xxi

Contributors: Vol. 29B
Pages xxiii-xxiv

Introduction to Part 1
Pages 3-8
Sharon L. Lohr

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Survey Sampling
Pages 9-37
Ken Brewer, Timothy G. Gregoire

Chapter 2 - Sampling with Unequal Probabilities
Pages 39-54
Yves G. Berger, Yves Tillé

Chapter 3 - Two-Phase Sampling
Pages 55-70
Jason C. Legg, Wayne A. Fuller

Chapter 4 - Multiple-Frame Surveys
Pages 71-88
Sharon L. Lohr

Chapter 5 - Designs for Surveys over Time
Pages 89-108
Graham Kalton

Chapter 6 - Sampling of Rare Populations
Pages 109-124
Mary C. Christman

Chapter 7 - Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Random-Digit Dialing Surveys
Pages 125-154
Kirk Wolter, Sadeq Chowdhury, Jenny Kelly

Introduction to Part 2
Pages 157-162
Paul Biemer

Chapter 8 - Nonresponse and Weighting
Pages 163-185
J. Michael Brick, Jill M. Montaquila

Chapter 9 - Statistical Data Editing
Pages 187-214
Ton De Waal

Chapter 10 - Imputation and Inference in the Presence of Missing Data
Pages 215-246
David Haziza

Chapter 11 - Dealing with Outliers in Survey Data
Pages 247-279
Jean-François Beaumont, Louis-Paul Rivest

Chapter 12 - Measurement Errors in Sample Surveys
Pages 281-315
Paul Biemer

Chapter 13 - Computer Software for Sample Surveys
Pages 317-350
Jelke Bethlehem

Chapter 14 - Record Linkage
Pages 351-380
William E. Winkler

Chapter 15 - Statistical Disclosure Control for Survey Data
Pages 381-396
Chris Skinner

Introduction to Part 3
Pages 399-405
Jack G. Gambino

Chapter 16 - Sampling and Estimation in Household Surveys
Pages 407-439
Jack G. Gambino, Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva

Chapter 17 - Sampling and Estimation in Business Surveys
Pages 441-470
Michael A. Hidiroglou, Pierre Lavallée

Chapter 18 - Sampling, Data Collection, and Estimation in Agricultural Surveys
Pages 471-486
Sarah M. Nusser, Carol C. House

Chapter 19 - Sampling and Inference in Environmental Surveys
Pages 487-512
David A. Marker, Don L. Stevens Jr.

Chapter 20 - Survey Sampling Methods in Marketing Research: A Review of Telephone, Mall Intercept, Panel, and Web Surveys
Pages 513-538
Raja Velu, Gurramkonda M. Naidu

Chapter 21 - Sample Surveys and Censuses
Pages 539-565
Ronit Nirel, Hagit Glickman

Chapter 22 - Opinion and Election Polls
Pages 567-595
Kathleen A. Frankovic, Costas Panagopoulos, Robert Y. Shapiro

References
Pages 597-650

Subject Index: Index of Vol. 29A
Pages 651-660

Subject Index: Index of Vol. 29B
Pages 661-669

Handbook of Statistics Contents of Previous Volumes
Pages 671-698