TY - BOOK AU - AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Adaptive Sampling Designs: Inference for Sparse and Clustered Populations T2 - SpringerBriefs in Statistics, SN - 9783642336577 AV - QA276-280 U1 - 519.5 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Statistics KW - Statistics, general KW - Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences N1 - Basic Ideas -- Adaptive Cluster Sampling -- Rao-Blackwell Modi -- Primary and Secondary Units -- Inverse Sampling Methods -- Adaptive Allocation; ZDB-2-SMA N2 - This book aims to provide an overview of some adaptive techniques used in estimating parameters for finite populations where the sampling at any stage depends on the sampling information obtained to date. The sample adapts to new information as it comes in. These methods are especially used for sparse and clustered populations. Written by two acknowledged experts in the field of adaptive sampling UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33657-7 ER -