Sampling Techniques
An Applied Approach

Ajit Sharma (Author), Shilpa (Author)

9789394490529

Hardback, published 24 June 2023

144 pages
25 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.332 kg

The book offers a straightforward understanding of sampling techniques employed in fields such as agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. It covers a diverse range of topics that are tailored to their practical applications, mathematical concepts, and practical examples. These subjects are presented through illustrations that include suitable theoretical examples and numbers, ensuring continuous accuracy.

This publication will be beneficial to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers in mathematics, statistics/agricultural statistics, economics/agricultural economics, and other relevant fields.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Sample Design
• 3. Simple Random Sampling
• 4. Stratified Sampling
• 5. Systematic Sampling
• 6. Cluster Sampling
• 7. Some Other Sampling Techniques
• 8. Non-Probability Sampling Techniques
• 9. Sampling with Varying Probabilitie
• 10. Sampling and Estimation of Proportion
• 11. Ratio and Regression Estimators
• 12. Non-Response and Unconventional Sampling
• Suggested Readings and Reference