Systematic sampling of discrete and continuous populations: Sample selection and the choice of estimator

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1061-1068

  Valentine, Harry T ^a   Affleck, David L R ^b   Gregoire, Timothy G ^c  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST CHOICE; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; POPULATION SIZES; SAMPLE SELECTION; SAMPLING DESIGN; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING; UNBIASED ESTIMATOR;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ESTIMATION;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY;

EID: 67649306813     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-019     Document Type: Article

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