Science Inventory

PROBABILITY SAMPLING AND POPULATION INFERENCE IN MONITORING PROGRAMS

Citation:

Overton, W. PROBABILITY SAMPLING AND POPULATION INFERENCE IN MONITORING PROGRAMS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-92/108.

Description:

A fundamental difference between probability sampling and conventional statistics is that "sampling" deals with real, tangible populations, whereas "conventional statistics" usually deals with hypothetical populations that have no real-world realization. he focus here is on real finite populations as well as on populations representing real-world continuous responses in two dimensional space.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID: 30724