Definition:Sample Survey

Definition

A sample survey is a study to estimate characteristics of a population in which those characteristics are observed for only a portion of that population.

Also see

• Definition:Area Sampling
• Definition:Census
• Definition:Cluster Sample
• Definition:Quota Sample
• Definition:Random Sample
• Definition:Representative Sample
• Definition:Sampling Theory
• Definition:Stratified Sample

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): sample survey
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): sample survey