Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

Targeting matters most. Surveying the wrong audience can lead to misleading data and poor decisions, even if the questions themselves are solid. Weighting shapes reality. Overrepresenting certain ...

Note: This report was updated on Dec. 30, 2015 to reflect the January-July 2015 National Health Interview Survey estimates released on December 1, 2015. Telephone surveys face numerous challenges, but ...

Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter, 1986), pp. 477-491 (15 pages) In this paper several considerations are discussed that developed out of the sampling program for the Chevelon ...

When that message comes from Uncle Sam, it’s often delivered in the form of a survey. The federal government amasses an astounding amount of data each year from nationally representative surveys on ...