Biased sampling occurs frequently in economics, epidemiology, and medical studies either by design or due to data collecting mechanism. Failing to take into account the sampling bias usually leads to ...

The importance of teaching statistical sampling is matched only by the difficulty encountered by many social science students in grasping its theory and application. This paper briefly discusses the ...

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