Precision of systematic sampling and transitive methods

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-279

  Kiêu, Kiên ^a   Souchet, Sandie ^b   Istas, Jacques ^c  

^a INRA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

60D05; 62G05; 62G20; 62M30; Cavalieri volume estimator; Geometric sampling; Precision assessment; Serial sections; Spatial statistics; Stereology; Transitive methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346243602     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(98)00193-1     Document Type: Article

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