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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A comprehensive treatment of the theory of non-sampling errors is given in this paper by bringing together the work of a number of authors on ...

Oct. 8, 2008— -- Surveys based on a random sample of respondents are subject to sampling error – a calculation of how closely the results reflect the attitudes ...

1 When interpreting the results of a survey it is important to take into account factors that may affect the reliability of the estimates. Estimates in this publication are subject to both ...

1 When interpreting the results of a survey it is important to take into account factors that may affect the reliability of the estimates. Estimates in this publication are subject to both ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 36, No. 2 (1987), pp. 145-152 (8 pages) Ranked set sampling is a technique for estimating the mean of a population, of use ...

Opinion: with their sampling errors and shy voters, opinion polls are not perfect and come with an element of 'buyer beware' Opinion polls are an important part of the daily news cycle, as well as ...

An independent review of errors in the calculated grading process which led to thousands of students receiving the wrong results only focused on a sample of coding used in the process, it has emerged.