Variance estimation methods in samples from household surveys

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 938-946

  Alves, Maria Cecilia Goi Porto ^a,c   da Silva, Nilza Nunes ^b  

^a Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cluster sampling; Complex sample design; Data collection; Estimation techniques; Stratified sampling; Taylor series linearization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38049132628     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102006005000051     Document Type: Article

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