Simple vs. Stratified Random Sampling: Key Differences Explained

Learn the distinctions between simple and stratified random sampling. Understand how researchers use these methods to accurately represent data populations.
Pew Research Center

Advances in Telephone Survey Sampling

Note: This report was updated on Dec. 30, 2015 to reflect the January-July 2015 National Health Interview Survey estimates released on December 1, 2015. Telephone surveys face numerous challenges, but ...
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Improving panel sampling: embedding propensity scores and response behavior in sampling frames

Peter Kellner has written a challenging article with the straightforward title Down With Random Samples(Kellner, 2007). His opening lines are: “We all know what perfection looks like. It is a pure ...
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Small Populations, Large Effects: Improving the Measurement of the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey

The sampling frame for the American Community Survey (ACS) is based on the Master Address File (MAF), which is the Census Bureau’s inventory of known housing units, group quarters (GQ), transitory ...