This example illustrates the use of regression analysis in a simple random cluster sampling design. The data are from S rndal, Swenson, and Wretman (1992, p. 652). A total of 284 Swedish ...

Consider the example in the section "Stratified Sampling". The study population is a junior high school with a total of 4,000 students in grades 7, 8, and 9. Researchers want to know how much these ...

Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr., 1998), pp. 161-172 (12 pages) This paper aims at proposing efficient vegetation sampling strategies. It describes how the estimation of species ...

In this article, we consider estimation of parameters of random effects models from samples collected via complex multistage designs. Incorporation of sampling weights is one way to reduce estimation ...