Reconsidering the fundamental contributions of Fisher and Neyman on experimentation and sampling

International Statistical Review

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-253

  Fienberg, Stephen E ^a   Tanur, Judith M ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Design of experiments; Design of sample surveys; Randomization; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030510286     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1403784     Document Type: Article

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