Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

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 ...

The SURVEYSELECT procedure provides a variety of methods for selecting probability-based random samples. The procedure can select a simple random sample or a sample according to a complex multistage ...

Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted December 6-19, 2011 among a national sample of 2,048 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (a total ...

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 ...

The Rating Survey on Young Children’s TV Viewing has been annually conducted since 1996 (except for 2004) by mail survey method. As the survey’s response rates have been gradually declining, we are ...

Despite challenges in the sampling of respondents, the results of mobile surveys conducted by the Social Weather Stations should remain valid, according to experts. “The report is quite detailed. That ...