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https://doi.org/10.1899/04-085.1 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1899/04-085.1 Copy URL AbstractTwo-phase sampling provides a statistical framework for combining ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The prediction model, which makes effective use of auxiliary information available throughout the population, is often used to derive ...

When auditing a company, auditors use a combination of professional judgment and statistical sampling methods to estimate account balances. Statistical sampling is an efficient way to design samples, ...

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In statistics, data collection is a difficult process that demands thoughtful consideration. Securing a sufficient sample size can be challenging, or even impossible, regardless of the method employed ...

Let’s imagine that we are studying a species of beetle. The beetles come in many different colors, and we want to know how common the orange (O) coloring is in this population. This population of ...