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Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey: Interim Report

The sampling frame for the American Community Survey (ACS) is based on the Master Address File (MAF), which is a database maintained by the Census Bureau and used to conduct the decennial census and ...
Pew Research Center

Advances in Telephone Survey Sampling

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 ...
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Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault

The nation needs accurate measurements of victimization rates to allocate resources to fight crime, support victims’ needs, and shape policies and programs to deter these crimes in the future. The ...
Simon Fraser University

Example 62.2: Simple Random Cluster Sampling

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 ...