1st Edition

Sampling An Introduction for Social Scientists

By Freda Conway Copyright 1967
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

Sampling (1967) aims to simplify sampling theory for social scientists, many of whom are unwilling mathematicians. It discusses percentages and weighted averages; frequency distributions, their means and variances; experimental and theoretical sampling distributions; problems of estimation and significance; practical sampling schemes and some of the difficulties of devising questionnaires. All... Read more

1. Information from Samples  2. Averages and Percentages  3. Frequency Distributions  4. The Chi-squared Distribution  5. A Test of Association  6. Averages and Measures of Dispersion  7. The Normal Distribution  8. Probability and Sampling Distributions  9. Estimations of the Mean  10. The Binomial Distribution  11. Estimating Proportions  12. Significant Differences  13. The Choice of Samples  14. The Accuracy of Sample Estimates  15. The Collection of Statistics

Biography

Freda Conway