STAT 351

Course No.

Course Title

Theory

Practice

Credit

Prerequisite(s)

Stat 351

Sampling Theory

3

-

3

Stat 321

 

Objectives

To provide the theoretical bases of some probability sampling methods together with practical examples. It is useful in planning and market research studies.

 

Course Description:

-          Definition : population, parameters, complete enumeration, samples, statistics, sampling units and frames.

-          Kind of sampling, sampling design, design of questionnaire, data collection and sources of error.

-          Different types of sampling schemes: simple random, stratified random, systematic random, estimation of parameters, variances of estimation of parameters, variances of estimates, estimate of variances, Bound on error, choice of sample size.

-          Use of supplementary information: Ratios, Regression and Difference Estimates.

 

Main text books :

Sampath, S. "Sampling Theory and Methods", Department of Statistics, Loyola College, Chennai, India Second Edition (2005).

-   طرق المعاينة الاحصائية : د . جلال الصياد ، د . مصطفى جلال ، 1993 دار الآفاق - جده .

 

Subsidiary books :

Cochran, W.G. "Sampling Techniques", 1987, John Wiley.


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