A thought experiment about sampling distributions: Imagine you take a random sample of individuals from a target population, measure something and then calculate a sample statistic, the “mean” let’s ...

Stratified random sampling is a method of sampling that divides a population into smaller groups that form the basis of test samples.

Sampling distribution gives probabilities for the means of all possible samples (of same size) from a population Try Sampling Distribution Simulator to see how the sampling distribution looks like for ...

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Jun., 2000), pp. 168-201 (34 pages) Some common sampling designs are reviewed from the perspective of their ...

Stuart E. G. Findlay, Influence of Sampling Scale on Apparent Distribution of Meiofauna on a Sandflat, Estuaries, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec., 1982), pp. 322-324 ...