SAMPLING METHODS Stratification and Clustering Richard L. Scheaffer University of Florida
The Sampling Process Population Sampling Unit Sampling Frame Sampling Design Sample
…and Process Failures Sampling errors Non-sampling errors*
PSI Example
SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING
STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING Stratified sampling designs: Convenience (administration efficiency) Estimates desired for each of the strata Reduced variation (statistical efficiency)
CLUSTER SAMPLING Commonly used when: Frame for elements is relatively difficult to obtain Frame for clusters of elements of elements is relatively easy to obtain Examples: Classrooms versus students City blocks versus residents Cartons of items stored in a warehouse versus individual items
Examples of Clusters Polls (home or workplace) Crop yield surveys (trees, corn, sugar cane) Animal studies (traps, colonies) Systematic sample
Two-stage cluster sampling with equal cluster sizes
FIGURE 1: Distribution of class GPA s
FIGURE 2: Distribution of sample means from simple random sampling
FIGURE 3: GPA S by gender
FIGURE 4: Distribution of sample means from stratified random sampling
FIGURE 5: Distribution of sample means from cluster sampling; ordered clusters
FIGURE 6: Distribution of sample means from cluster sampling; random clusters
FIGURE 7: Distribution of sample means from cluster sampling; systematic clusters
Summary Chart
Names to Explore P. C. Mahalanobis –"The I.S.I. has taken the lead in the original development of the technique of sample surveys, the most potent fact finding process available to the administration". R. A. Fisher Walter Shewhart Jerzy Neyman William Cochran Edwards Deming Warren Mitofsky
References Groves, Robert; Dillman, Donald; Eltinge, John; and Little, Roderick, editors Survey Nonresponse. New York: Wiley. Lohr, S Sampling: Design and Analysis, Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks Cole. Scheaffer, Richard; Mendenhall, William; and Ott, R. Lyman Elementary Survey Sampling, 5 th ed. Belmont,CA: Duxbury Press.
EXTRAS!
Equal cluster sizes- comparison to SRS
For a random sample of size mn,