内容简介
"EssentialMethodsforDesignBasedSampleSurveys"presentskeymethodcontributionsselectedfromthevolumeinthe"HandbookofStatistics:SampleSurveys:Design,MethodsandApplications,Volume29a"(2009).Thisessentialreferenceprovidesspecificaspectsofsamplesurveydesign,withreferencestoimportantcontributionsandavailablesoftware.Thecontentisaimedatresearchersandpractitionerswhousestatisticalmethodsindesignbasedsamplesurveysandmarketresearch.Thisbookpresentsthecoreessentialmethodsofsampleselectionanddataprocessing.Thedataprocessingdiscussioncoverseditingandimputation,andmethodsofdisclosurecontrol.Thisreferencecontainsalargevarietyofapplicationsinspecializedareassuchashouseholdandbusinesssurveys,marketingresearch,opinionpollsandcensuses.Itdeliversathoroughoverviewofthemethodsofstatisticalsamplesurveydesigninawiderangeofapplications.Itprovidesaone-stopreviewofmodernmethodsinstatisticalsamplesurveydesign.Itpresentsessentialstatisticsmethodsofsampleselectionanddataprocessing.
作者简介
C.R.Rao,borninIndiaisoneofthiscentury'sforemoststatisticians,receivedhiseducationinstatisticsattheIndianStatisticalInstitute(ISI),Calcutta.RaoiscurrentlyatPennStateasEberlyProfessorofStatisticsandDirectoroftheCenterforMultivariateAnalysis.Hisresearchhasinfluencednotonlystatistics,butalsothephysical,socialandnaturalsciencesandengineering.