Sampling Theory and Methods

Objectives

Previous knowledge

Perfect knowledge of general statistics
- descriptive statistics
- inductive statistics;
Perfect conceptual master of specific concepts like
- Random Variable
- Distribution
- Parameters
- Estimator
- Estimate
- Estimators¿ properties
- Confidence intervals
- Hypothesis testing
- Central limit Theorem

General characterization

Code

200184

Credits

7.5

Responsible teacher

José António de Almeida Pinheiro

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Prerequisites

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Bibliography

· William G. Cochran (1977) Sampling Techniques, 3-rd Ed. New York: Wiley, ISBN 0-471-16240-X

· Carl-Erik Särndal, Bengt Swensson, Jan Wretman (1992) Model Assisted Survey Sampling. New York: Springer Verlag, ISBN 0-387-97528-4

· Carl-Erik Särndal, Sixten Lundström (2005) Estimation in Surveys with Nonresponse. Chichester: Wiley, ISBN 0-470-01133-5

· · Pedro Simões Coelho, José António Pinheiro, Patrícia Xufre e Luís Nobre Pereira (2016) As Sondagens Princípios, Metodologias e Aplicações, Escolar Editora, ISBN, 9789725925140

Teaching method

Midterm test 25%

Final exam 60%

Group works 15%

3 The weights are the same for both exams.

Evaluation method

English

Subject matter

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Programs

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