IBM SPSS COMPLEX SAMPLES 19 Water System User Manual


 
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Introduction to Complex Samples Procedures
An analyst who doesn’t have access to the sampling plan le can specify an analysis plan and
refer to that plan from each Complex Samples analysis procedure.
A designer of large-scale public use samples can publish the sampling plan le, which
simplies the instructions for analysts and avoids the need for each analyst to specify his
or her own analysis plans.
Further Readings
For more information on sampling techniques, see the following texts:
Cochran, W. G. 1977. Sampling Techniques, 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Kish,L.1965. Survey Sampling. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Kish, L. 1987. Statistical Design for Research. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Murthy, M. N. 1967. Sampling Theory and Methods. Calcutta, India: Statistical Publishing
Society.
Särndal, C., B. Swensson, and J. Wretman. 1992. Model Assisted Survey Sampling.NewYork:
Springer-Verlag.