Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

Calibration is commonly used in survey sampling to include auxiliary information at the estimation stage of a population parameter. Calibrating the observation weights on population means (totals) of ...

The analysis in this report is based mostly on a survey conducted November 12-21, 2014 among a sample of 1,835 adults (921 women and 914 men) 18 years of age or older. The survey was conducted by the ...

One possible explanation for the variability in estimates across the different nonprobability samples is the range of methods that online sample vendors employ. They differ on recruitment, weighting ...

Survey work is a series of complex processes. At the outset, there is sample and questionnaire design, as well as field training. During the data collection stage, there is monitoring and remedial ...

Targeting matters most. Surveying the wrong audience can lead to misleading data and poor decisions, even if the questions themselves are solid. Weighting shapes reality. Overrepresenting certain ...

Collectively, recreational fisheries can take a significant fraction of the yearly catch—in some cases more than commercial fisheries. It is important that systems used to monitor fishing catch are ...

Children tap the legs for local seniors at an elderly care center in Deqing County of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 10, 2024. Photo: Xinhua The National Bureau of Statistics is set ...