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History and Foundations of Sampling
(26 entries)
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Seng, Y. P. (1951).Historical survey of the development of sampling theories and practice*. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 114(2):214‐231.
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Godambe, V. P. (1954). A unified theory of sampling from finite populations.
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Sukhatme, P. V. (1966). Major developments in sampling theory and practice .
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Rao, J. N. K. (1975). On the foundations of survey sampling . J.N. Srivastava, ed.,
A survey of statistical design and linear models. North Holland publishing company 489‐505pp.
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Hansen, M. and Madow, W. G.(1976). Some important events in the historical development of sample surveys . History of Statistics and Probability. Owen, D.
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Smith, T. M. F. (1976). The foundations of survey sampling: a review. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 139(2): 183‐204.
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Stigler, S. (1980). Studies in the history of probability and statistics XXXVIII.
Biometrika 67(1): 217‐221.
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Smith, T. M. F. (1983). On the validity of inferences from non‐random samples. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 146(4): 394‐403.
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Smith, T. M.F. (1984). Present position and potential developments: some personal views sample surveys. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society
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Hansen, M. H. Dalenius, T. and Tepping, B. J. (1985). The development of sample surveys of finite populations.
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Seneta, E. (1985). A sketch of the history of survey sampling in Russia.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 148(2): 118‐125.
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Porter, T. M. (1986). The roots of biometrical statistics.
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Bellhouse, D. R. (1988). A brief history of random sampling methods. P. R.
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Stigler, S. M. (1989). Francis Galton’s account of the invention of correlation.
Statistical Science 4(2): 73‐86.
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Rao, J. N. K. and Bellhouse, D. R. (1990). History and development of the theoretical foundations of survey based estimation and analysis. Survey
Methodology 16(1):3‐29.
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Stigler, S. M. (1992). Studies in the history of probability and statistics XLIII
Karl Pearson and quasi‐independence. Biometrika 79(3): 563‐575.
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Brewer, K. R. W. (1994). Survey sampling inference: some past perspectives and present prospects. Pakistan Journal of Statistics 10(1): 213‐233.
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Kish, L. (1995). The Hundred Years’ Wars of Survey Sampling. Centennial
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Rao, J. N.K. (1997). Developments in sample survey theory: an appraisal *.
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Wright, T. (2001). Selected moments in the development of probability sampling: theory & practice. SRMS (ASA section) Newsletter (July 2011)
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Rao, J. N.K. (2005). Interplay between sample survey theory and practice: an appraisal. Survey Methodology 31(2): 117‐138.
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Stigler, S. M. (2010). Darwin, Galton and the Statistical Enlightenment.
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Rao, J. N.K. (2011). Impact of frequentist and Bayesian methods on survey sampling practice: a selective appraisal. Statistical Science 26(2): 240‐256pp.
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Chambers, R. L. (2011). Which sample survey strategy? A review of three different approaches. Pakistan Journal of Statistics 27(4):337‐357.