Sampling

New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. In the Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics. Bottom corners lightly bumped, else fine. Dark blue cloth, red band near bottom of front board & spine, gilt titles, other Wiley books on statistics listed on endpapers, xv, 343 pp. From the preface: "This book covers the basic and standard sampling design and estimation methods and, in addition, gives special attention to methods for populations that are inherently difficult to sample, elusive, rare, clustered, or hard to detect. It is intended as a reference for scientific researchers and others who use sampling and as a textbook for a graduate or upper-level undergraduate course in sampling." Contents: basic sampling (simple random sampling; confidence intervals; sample size; estimating proportions, ratios, and subpopulation means; unequal probability sampling); making the best use of survey data (auxiliary data & ratio estimation; regression estimation; the sufficient statistic in sampling; design & model); some useful designs (stratified sampling; cluster & systematic sampling; multistage designs; double sampling; network sampling); detectability methods for elusive populations (detectability & sampling; line transects & variable circular plots; capture-recapture sampling; line-intercept sampling); spatial sampling (spatial prediction or kriging; spatial designs; plot shapes & observational methods); adaptive sampling (adaptive sampling designs; adaptive cluster sampling; systematic & strip adaptive cluster sampling; stratified adaptive cluster sampling). Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 5th ptg. . Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 16½ cm.