Sampling Methods for Applied Research

About the Author Peter Tryfos is Professor of Management Science, Faculty of Administrative Studies, at York University, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of a text, Business Statistics, published in Canada by McGraw-Hill Ryerson, and a number of articles in applied statistics that have appeared in the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Management Science, Operations Research, and other journals.

• Part One: Text* Introduction* Preliminaries* Simple random sampling* Stratified random sampling* Two-stage random sampling* Ratio and regression estimators* Some Special Topics* Sampling with unequal probabilities* Sampling from a process* Nonsampling errorsPart Two: Cases* Canabag Manufacturing Company-Part I* Canabag Manufacturing Company-Part II* Valuation of government properties-Part I* Valuation of government properties-Part II* Valuation of government properties-Part III* Valuation of government properties-Part IV* PackGoods Inc.* Pharmacom Research-Part I* Pharmacom Research-Part II* Tenderdent ToothpasteAppendices* Basic Concepts* Glossary and Technical Summary* Computing Instructions* Solutions to Selected Problems