Ranked set sampling for ecological research: Accounting for the total costs of sampling

Environmetrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-194

  Mode, Nicolle A ^a   Conquest, Loveday L ^a   Marker, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost ratios; Errors in ranking; Field studies; Ranked set sampling; Relative precision; Sample size; Stream habitat area

Indexed keywords

COST; ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032930472     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-095x(199903/04)10:2<179::aid-env346>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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